Hausmann. A large and attractive 18K gold single button split seconds chronograph wristwatch with enamel dial
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Hausmann. A large and attractive 18K gold single button split seconds chronograph wristwatch with enamel dial

SIGNED HAUSMANN & CO., NO. 66'347, CIRCA 1920

Closed10 November 2014

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CHF 12,500

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Hausmann. A large and attractive 18K gold single button split seconds chronograph wristwatch with enamel dial
Signed Hausmann & Co., no. 66'347, circa 1920
Cal. 17''' mechanical movement, 23 jewels, enamel dial, Arabic numerals, luminous blued steel hands, blued steel split seconds chronograph hands, outer Arabic five minute and fifths of a second divisions, inner red tachymetre scale, two recessed subsidiary dials for constant seconds and 30 minutes registers, hinged 18K gold cuvette, large circular case, broad bezel, central looped lugs, snap on back, split seconds chronograph mechanism operated through one oval chronograph button in the band and through the crown, case numbered, cuvette signed and numbered, dial signed
46 mm. diam.

Specialist note

Hausmann & Co. was founded in Rome in 1794 by Ernst Hausmann, a young German clockmaker and his friend and partner Hermann Frielingsdorf. The firm is still residing in the same premises in Rome's historic centre and represents the world's most prestigious watch and clock manufacturers.