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Lot 175 Property from an Important Private European Collection
Anon. A very fine, rare and elegant 18K gold keywound cylinder watch with retrograde fly-back seconds
Unsigned, No. 3791, circa 1835
Closed16 May 2016
Price Realised
CHF 10,000
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Specialist note
With Breguet-style short gold chain and ratchet key.
Only very few watches with retrograde fly-back seconds are known before the 20th century. The present watch is a particularly attractive example taking inspiration from Breguet in the design of the fine engine-turned silver dial and gold case. It is furthermore preserved in extremely good condition. The fly-back seconds function is a great visual delight, it is operated from a steel pinion geared to the third wheel and a further sprung wheel on the dial plate causes the hand to fly back to zero after 60 seconds.
Only very few watches with retrograde fly-back seconds are known before the 20th century. The present watch is a particularly attractive example taking inspiration from Breguet in the design of the fine engine-turned silver dial and gold case. It is furthermore preserved in extremely good condition. The fly-back seconds function is a great visual delight, it is operated from a steel pinion geared to the third wheel and a further sprung wheel on the dial plate causes the hand to fly back to zero after 60 seconds.