

Lot 13
ALBERT H. POTTER, GENEVA. AN UNUSUAL OPEN FACE KEYLESS LEVER WATCH MOVEMENT Signed "Model No. 14", 1880's
3 June 2021, 13:00 EDT
New YorkUS$4,000 - US$6,000
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Model: Signed "Model No. 14"
Date: 1880's
Movement: Single nickel shaped train and barrel bridge, jewels in gold settings, straight line escapement, bimetallic balance, overcoiled blued spring, swan's neck micrometer regulator
Dial: White enamel, minute ring enclosing arabic chapters, subsidiary seconds, blued hands
Case: Gold filled glazed display case
Size: 51mm
Date: 1880's
Movement: Single nickel shaped train and barrel bridge, jewels in gold settings, straight line escapement, bimetallic balance, overcoiled blued spring, swan's neck micrometer regulator
Dial: White enamel, minute ring enclosing arabic chapters, subsidiary seconds, blued hands
Case: Gold filled glazed display case
Size: 51mm
Footnotes
Possibly a prototype, the movement is strikingly different in plan from Potter's characteristic ebauche.