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CHF 3 750
Auction dateClassic
20.07.2020 14:30UTC +02:00
Auctioneer
CHRISTIE'S
Event location
Switzerland, Geneva
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ID 374574
Lot 163 | S Smith & Son A very fine and extremely rare 18K gold anti-m...
S. Smith & Son. A very fine and extremely rare 18K gold anti-magnetic keyless lever watch with Bonniksen patented 52 1/2 minute Karrusel regulator, Especially Good Class "A" Kew rating with 82-3 marks, original S. Smith & Son Ltd. presentation box

Signed S. Smith & Son, 9 Strand, London, Makers to the Admiralty and H.M. The King of Spain, “Non-Magnetic”, no. 188-261, the case with London hallmarks for 1908-1909

Movement: cal. 21''', jewelled to the centre, ring-turned pillars, going barrel, lateral lever escapement, free-sprung balance with winged arms, gold temperature adjustment screws and platinum mean time screws, palladium Breguet balance spring, diamond endstone, Bonniksen 52 1/2 minute Karrusel carriage, signed and numbered, Bonniksen patent number on the pillar plate

Dial: signed and numbered

Case: four-body, by Samuel Smith (maker’s mark SS), hinged back engraved with a coat of arms and motto, swivel bow, hinged gold cuvette inscribed "Hugh Vivian, 1909", 57 mm. diam., punched with case maker’s mark and numbered

With: original S. Smith & Son Ltd. presentation box

Auction house category:Pocket watches
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
Place de la Taconnerie 8
1204 Geneva
Switzerland
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17.07.2020 – 19.07.2020
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