90th Auction

2014/11/15

Lot 520

B. Poitevin, Fabt., Paris / Genève, Movement No. 35679, Case No. 29407, 55 mm, 174 g, circa 1890
A very fine, heavy hunting case pocket watch with perpetual calendar, moon phase and chronograph, made for the Peruvian physician Jose B. Unánue
Case: 18k gold, chased, enamel monogram "BJU", signed gold dome with engraving: "J. B. Unánue", pusher for chronograph at "12", glazed movement. Dial: enamel, radial Roman hours, auxiliary seconds, subsidiary dials for indications of the weekday, the month and the date in combination with the leap year, cobalt blue enamelled moon phase disc with inlaid golden moon and stars, spade hands. Movm.: bridge movement, rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, finely ground and bevelled chronograph steel parts, ratchet wheel, pink gold train, gold screw compensation balance, counterpoised lever.

Sold

estimated
13.00016.000 €
Price realized
16.600 €