Important Watches and Wristwatches
Hong Kong, Hotel Furama, May 28, 1989
LOT 325
E.V. Jaccard & Cie, Genève, circa 1910. Made for Spangenberg & Freccero, Montevideo. Hsu T'ung.
HKD 150,000 - 165,000
CHF 30,000 - 35,000
Sold: HKD 172,500
Very fine 18-carat gold minute repeating moon phase astronomical watch with perpetual calendar and chronograph in its original Brasilian rose-wood fitted case. Massive four body 'demi-bassine' polished case. Gold cuvette. White enamel dial with Arabic numerals, outer Arabic minute and second rings, subsidiary dials for the day of the week, the months with inner leap year cycle, the dates and the seconds with inner moon phase aperture. Gold 'pear' hands. Good gilt brass 19"' keyless movement, 29 jewels, equilibrated straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring with swan neck micrometric index. Repeating on gongs by means of a slide on the band. In very good condition. Diam. 55 mm.
