Swiss watch with perpetual calendar and moon phases Circa 1890
- Kenmerk
- AD0655
- Diameter
- 60 mm
- Estimate
- € 20.000 - 35.000
- Price sold
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Gold perpetual calendar with moon phases
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A heavy, almost as new, Swiss astronomical pink gold hunting cased pocket watch with perpetual calendar, moon phase, chronograph and quarter repeater, circa 1890.
Polished 18-carat pink gold case, glazed movement, keyless winding, round-shaped, and with nine horological complications. Quarter repeater on two steel gongs, activated by the slide at 6 o’clock. Dead independent seconds, exterior graduation with a central hand, activated by the rectangular push-piece located on the border of the case, at 12 o’clock. Two barrels with differential gears and bidirectional-winding inspired by Sylvain Mairet’s (1805-1890) works (1850/1855). Half-instantaneous perpetual calendar. Date of the month, subsidiary dial at 3 o’clock. Day of the week, subsidiary dial at 9 o’clock; indications given in French. The month of the year, subsidiary dial at 12 o’clock, indications given in French. The four-year cycle of leap-years, subsidiary dial at 12 o’clock; indications given in French. Age and phases of the moon, subsidiary dial, graduated from 0 to 30, and aperture at 6 o’clock.
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Diameter: 60 mm
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Weight: 198 g
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Signed: No name
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Chronograph function of this over 120 years old pink gold hunter works perfectly. The repeater produces a very pleasing resounding tone. The extremely rare Swiss pocket watch with numerous complications is in excellent general condition.


































