Swiss repeater made for the North American market Circa 1890
- Kenmerk
- TA2842
- Diameter
- 57 mm
- Estimate
- € 1.500 - 3.000
- Price sold
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Gold-plated watch with a semi-skeletonized dial
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A fine and rare Swiss gold-plated semi-skeletonized minute repeating keyless lever pocket watch made for the North American market, circa 1890. A transparent dial with radial Roman hours, an inner minute track on a matte silver outer disc, subsidiary seconds at 3 o’clock with a black dot seconds scale painted inside the crystal and blued steel spade hands.
¾ Plate movement, Geneva striping decoration, 19 jewels, straight-line counterpoised lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, adjusted, isochronal vibrations, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Movement signed.
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Diameter: 57 mm
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Signed: C.H. Meylan Brassus
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The movement is slightly oxidized and the dial is patinated.
A fine and rare Swiss gold-plated semi-skeletonized minute repeating keyless lever pocket watch made for the North American market, circa 1890. A transparent dial with radial Roman hours, an inner minute track on a matte silver outer disc, subsidiary seconds at 3 o’clock with a black dot seconds scale painted inside the crystal and blued steel spade hands.
¾ Plate movement, Geneva striping decoration, 19 jewels, straight-line counterpoised lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, adjusted, isochronal vibrations, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Movement signed.
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Diameter: 57 mm
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Signed: C.H. Meylan Brassus
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The movement is slightly oxidized and the dial is patinated.
Signed: C.H. Meylan Brassus
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