Important Watches and Wristwatches
Hong Kong, Hotel Furama, May 28, 1989
LOT 111
Johan Pechan, watchmaker to François 1 st, Emperor of Austria in Wien, circa 1800. Chia Ch'ing.
HKD 400,000 - 500,000
CHF 80,000 - 100,000
Very rare world time, calendar dead seconds double face watch with special escapement. Double body case with reeded band and engine turned back, gilt brass cuvette with apertures for the calendar and the second subsidiary dial set on the rear face of the movement. White enamel dial with Roman numerals (haircracks) inner small revolving disc with a twenty-four hour chapter giving the time for fifty cities of the world, in red for day time, in black for the night, applied central blued steel decorative plate with gold stars, moon and sun. Good full plate movement with cylindrical pillars, going barrel, double wheel duplex escapement with plain three armed plain polished steel balance and ruby endstone. In good condition. Diam. 60 mm.
