90th Auction

2014/11/15

Lot 315

Ulysse Nardin Locle & Genève, Movement No. 20844, Case No. 368011, 53 mm, 113 g, circa 1928
A gentleman's very fine Geneva pocket watch - lever chronometer- with original box. In 1928 this watch took part in the chronometer test at the Geneva observatory "Chronomètres de Poche 1re Classe" and achieved 13,8 points, which made it 76th of 97 chronometers in the category "Chronomètres de poche 1re Classe". With extract from the chronometer archives by Andreas Hidding.
Case: 18k gold, polished, à goutte, numbered and signed gold dome with engraving: "Chronomètre No. 20844 Bulletin 1ère Classe de l'Observatoire Astronomique de Neuchâtel". Dial: enamel, radial Roman hours, auxiliary seconds, blued spade hands. Movm.: bridge movement, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, gold-chatoned centre wheel, Guillaume gold screw compensation balance, index spring fine adjusting device.

Sold

estimated
1.6002.600 €
Price realized
2.300 €