24th Mar, 2017 9:00 GMT/BST

Spring Fine Art Sale

 
  Lot 160
 

160

An Art Deco 14ct Gold Open Faced Pocket Watch, signed International Watch Co, Schaffhausen,...

An Art Deco 14ct Gold Open Faced Pocket Watch, signed International Watch Co, Schaffhausen, circa 1928, lever movement stamped IWC Probus and numbered 895878, bimetallic balance with a blued overcoil hairspring, silvered dial with Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds, case back with vertical strip decoration and a vacant cartouche, leaf design sides, inside back cover with maker's mark IWC, 14K0.585 for 14ct gold and numbered 925102, 49mm wide, with a fancy linked watch chain stamped on an attached plaque 14k and with an attached fob seal stamped 375 see illustration

Sold for £950
Estimated at £700 - £900


 

16.02.17, Case with light surface scratches, back cover with one small dent, dial with minor scratches, hand setting correctly, winding smoothly, movement in going order, total watch weight 69.4g, total chain and fob weight 15.5g.

 


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Auction: Spring Fine Art Sale, 24th Mar, 2017

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