91st Auction

2015/5/16

Lot 677

"Faite à l'Ecole d'Horlogerie de Bienne par Georges Bourquin 1877", 51 mm, 135 g, datiert 1877
A sophisticated Swiss hunting case pocket watch with spring detent escapement - graduate's work of the watchmaking school in Biel
Case: 18k rose gold, tiered, partly engine-turned, à goutte, lavishly florally engraved and signed gold dome. Dial: enamel, radial Roman hours, auxiliary seconds, distaff gold hands. Movm.: bridge movement, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, screwed gold chatons, wolfteeth winding wheels, large gold screw compensation balance.

Sold

estimated
8.50010.000 €
Price realized
9.300 €