Thematic Auction in Geneva:The Evolut...
Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Nov 16, 2002
LOT 337
Tiffany & Company, New York, No. 5408, Swiss, circa 1890.Very fine 18K gold keyless split-seconds chronograph watch.
CHF 3,000 - 4,500
EUR 2,000 - 3,000
Sold: CHF 3,450
C. Four-body, "bassine et filets", polished with reeded edges of concave bezels, gold hinged cuvette. D. White enamel, radial Arabic numerals, outer minute/seconds track with five-mi-nute/seconds red Arabic markers, subsidiary sunk seconds. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. 42.5 mm. (19 1/2'''), nickel, "fausses côtes" decoration, bridge model of atypical layout, 25 jewels, straight line calibrated lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with blued steel Breguet balance spring, chronogaph mechanism on the back plate, split-seconds mechanism under the dial, Adrien Philippe winding/setting system.Signed on dial, case and movement.Diam. 54 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: A |
Good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3 - 01 |