Important watches, wristwatches & clocks
New York, Dec 07, 1988
LOT 171
Ls. Audemars-Brassus & Genève, circa 1890. Good 18-carat gold hunting cased minute repeating watch with split second chronograph and 60 minutes special recorder.
USD 8,000 - 10,000
Four body massive "demi-bassine et filet" polished case. Gold cuvette. White enamel dial with Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds and recorder. Blued steel pear hands. Glazed nickel 20''movement, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 32 jewels, straight line equilibrated lever escapement, cut bimetaIIic balance, Breguet balancespring. Striking on gongs by mean of a slide on the band. The minute recorder is driven by the minute hand and not by the chronograph as usual. Very good condition. Diam. 58 mm.
