97th Auction

2018/5/12

Lot 272

Louis Audemars au Brassus (Suisse), Case No. 9712 / 1864, 51 mm, 133 g, circa 1865
A high quality pocket watch with stoppable jumping seconds - lever chronometer with helical balance spring
Case: 18k gold, intricately designed unification crest showing the Swiss cross and Napoleon’s imperial eagle; in the background two caduceus symbols and an African hut. Dial: enamel. Movm.: bridge movement, 2 barrels, gold screw compensation balance.
A strikingly beautiful movement with open-work bridge for the jumping second, a pallet cock that has been fitted in a circle to the balance and a red gold train; a watch that feels - for its size - suprisingly heavy to hold.

Sold

estimated
4.5007.000 €
Price realized
5.500 €