
Property from the Masterworks of Time Collection
Comor, La Chaux-de-Fonds A gold open-faced keyless lever perpetual calendar watch with moon phases Circa 1979
No reserve
Lot Closed
February 10, 03:38 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Masterworks of Time Collection
Comor
Comor, La Chaux-de-Fonds
A gold open-faced keyless lever perpetual calendar watch with moon phases
Circa 1979
• Movement: gilded, the bridges highly decoratively engraved with scrollwork, lever escapement, jewelled to the centre, compensation balance, signed Comor
• Dial: silvered two-tone, satin finished chapter ring with Roman numerals, outer minute ring, blued steel moon hands, four satin finished subsidiary dials for day, leap-year cycle combined with month, date and seconds combined with aperture for moon phases, signed Comor, La Chaux-de-Fonds
• Case: 18ct gold, engine-turned back, the centre with vacant circular polished cartouche, polished bezel, 3 slides beneath the bezel to adjust the days of the week independently, day/date in tandem, moon-phases independently, glazed cuvette, case back numbered 03, signed Comor Watch, Swiss and with Swiss control marks
diameter 56mm. Weight: approx. 176.2g
A seemingly identical watch by Comor is illustrated in the Horological Journal, May 1979, p.3, where it is noted that the bridges are entirely engraved by hand.