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TIFFANY & CO., GENEVA. A FINE SILVER AND GOLD OPEN FACE MINUTE REPEATING SPLIT SECOND CHRONOGRAPHCirca 1875
3 June 2021, 13:00 EDT
New YorkSold for US$6,120 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistTIFFANY & CO., GENEVA. A FINE SILVER AND GOLD OPEN FACE MINUTE REPEATING SPLIT SECOND CHRONOGRAPH
Date: Circa 1875
Movement: Highly jeweled keyless ¾ plate with counterpoised lever escapement, bimetallic balance, overcoiled spring, chronograph work planted on the back plate, split mechanism under dial, repeating on gongs by means of slide on case band, no. 48201, stem set
Dial: White enamel, fifth seconds ring enclosing roman chapters, subsidiary seconds, blued hands
Case: Sterling silver with monogram "ME", gold pendant, bow and repeating slide, no. 48201
Signed: Dial and movement, case numbered
Size: 53mm
Movement: Highly jeweled keyless ¾ plate with counterpoised lever escapement, bimetallic balance, overcoiled spring, chronograph work planted on the back plate, split mechanism under dial, repeating on gongs by means of slide on case band, no. 48201, stem set
Dial: White enamel, fifth seconds ring enclosing roman chapters, subsidiary seconds, blued hands
Case: Sterling silver with monogram "ME", gold pendant, bow and repeating slide, no. 48201
Signed: Dial and movement, case numbered
Size: 53mm
Footnotes
In the early 1870's, Tiffany built a state of the art watch factory in Geneva to produce high grade watches. The movements were then cased in New York. It operated briefly before it was sold to Patek Phillipe who agreed to supply watches to Tiffany.