Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Apr 10, 2013

LOT 193

TIFFANY & CO. SPLIT-SECONDS CHRONOGRAPH SILVER AND PINK GOLD Tiffany & Co., New York, No. 16994. Made in Geneva for the American Market circa 1870. Very fine and important, sterling silver hunting cased keyless pocket watch with split-seconds chronograph.

USD 10,000 - 15,000

HKD 77,000 - 115,000 / CHF 9,500 - 14,000

Sold: USD 32,500

C. Four-body, massive, bassine et filets, entirely decoratively engraved with scrolls and foliage, engine-turned hinged front cover and case back, glassed inner cover to view the movement. D. White enamel, outer 1/5th seconds track with 5-second Arabic markers, sunk subsidiary dials for the seconds at 9 and for the minutes and hours at 3. Blued steel spade hands. M. 19???, nickel plated, three-quarter plate, fausses côtes decoration, 23 jewels, counterpoised straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring, split-seconds push-piece in the band. Dial and movement signed, numbered in the case. DIAM. 53 mm.


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Grade:
Case: 2

Very good
Movement: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

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This incredibly well-preserved Tiffany and Co. split second chronograph pocket watch with regulator dial and silver and pink gold case is amongst the rarest and most intricate watches produced at the Tiffany and Co. factory. The watch features a nearly identical movement and dial layout as Patek Philippe No. 65409, sold at Antiquorum New York on December 13th, 2012.