Swiss gold hunting cased minute repeater with chronograph Circa 1910
- Kenmerk
- TA1998
- Diameter
- 59 mm
- Estimate
- € 9.000 - 16.000
- Price sold
- € 12.250
Gold watch decorated with a scene of King Henry IV
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A very fine, large Swiss, minute repeating, 18K yellow gold, hunting cased, a keyless pocket watch with chronograph, circa 1910. Decorated with a scene of King Henry IV of France entering Paris. A massive case, the cover decorated with a scene in high relief depicting Henry IV entering Paris. Hinged gold cuvette decorated with medals awarded at the 1906 Exhibition in Milan.
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White enamel dial with radial Roman numerals, outer painted gold dot minute indexes, minutes and fifths of second chronograph divisions, subsidiary seconds. Gilt brass Louis XV hands. A rhodium-plated movement, Geneva striping decoration, 25 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band, silent governor, chronograph with visible work. Dial, cuvette and movement signed.
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Diameter: 59 mm
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Signed: International Watch Co. Swiss
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The scene depicted on the front cover of the present watch is taken from a painting by François Baron Gerard (1770- 1837) of Henry IV’s triumphant entry into Paris on March 22, 1594.
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A very fine, large Swiss, minute repeating, 18K yellow gold, hunting cased, a keyless pocket watch with chronograph, circa 1910. Decorated with a scene of King Henry IV of France entering Paris. A massive case, the cover decorated with a scene in high relief depicting Henry IV entering Paris. Hinged gold cuvette decorated with medals awarded at the 1906 Exhibition in Milan.
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White enamel dial with radial Roman numerals, outer painted gold dot minute indexes, minutes and fifths of second chronograph divisions, subsidiary seconds. Gilt brass Louis XV hands. A rhodium-plated movement, Geneva striping decoration, 25 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band, silent governor, chronograph with visible work. Dial, cuvette and movement signed.
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Diameter: 59 mm
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Signed: International Watch Co. Swiss
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The scene depicted on the front cover of the present watch is taken from a painting by François Baron Gerard (1770- 1837) of Henry IV’s triumphant entry into Paris on March 22, 1594.
Signed: International Watch Co. Swiss
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