Girard-Perregaux, Chaux-de-Fonds

Property from the Masterworks of Time Collection

Girard-Perregaux, Chaux-de-Fonds

Girard-Perregaux, La Chaux de Fonds

No. 82062

An unusual pink gold open-faced keyless lever watch 

Circa 1875

• Movement: damascened nickel, lever escapement, large bi-metallic compensation balance, wolf's tooth winding, long index regulator with broad scale to central bridge, signed Girard-Perregaux

• Dial: white enamel, the visible section oval, Roman numerals, outer minute track, signed Girard-Perregaux, Chaux de Fonds

• Case: 18ct pink gold, engine-turned oval bezel, engine-turned case back with central oval reserve chased and engraved with scrolling foliage and a vacant shield-shaped cartouche, the edge with engine-turning, unusual scalloped rope-form band, pusher beside pendant for hand-setting, decoratively engraved gold cuvette with engine-turned border, movement details and signed Girard-Perregaux, Chaux de Fonds,case back and cuvette numbered 82062 and with Neuchâtel control marks, inside case back additionally with maker's stamp HL

Diameter 50mm. Weight: approx. 105.4 g