



From the Collection of Dr. Joseph Rait
Lot 40
TIFFANY & CO., GENEVA. A FINE 18K GOLD HUNTER CASED MINUTE REPEATING CHRONOGRAPHCirca 1875
14 April 2022, 13:00 EDT
New YorkSold for US$7,012.50 inc. premium
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TIFFANY & CO., GENEVA. A FINE 18K GOLD HUNTER CASED MINUTE REPEATING CHRONOGRAPH
Date: Circa 1875
Movement: Half plate jeweled through the hammers, manually wound, lever escapement, bimetallic balance, overcoiled spring, repeating on gongs by means of slide on band, column wheel chronograph work planted on backplate activated by single button on band, lever set, no. 14202
Dial: White enamel, fifth seconds ring enclosing roman chapters, subsidiary continuous seconds, blued Breguet hands
Case: Polished, monogram on front lid, glazed dust cover
Signed: Case, dial and movement
Size: 52mm diam.
Movement: Half plate jeweled through the hammers, manually wound, lever escapement, bimetallic balance, overcoiled spring, repeating on gongs by means of slide on band, column wheel chronograph work planted on backplate activated by single button on band, lever set, no. 14202
Dial: White enamel, fifth seconds ring enclosing roman chapters, subsidiary continuous seconds, blued Breguet hands
Case: Polished, monogram on front lid, glazed dust cover
Signed: Case, dial and movement
Size: 52mm diam.
Footnotes
In the early 1870's, Tiffany built a state of the art watch factory in Geneva to produce high grade watches. It operated briefly before it was sold to Patek Phillipe who agreed to supply watches to Tiffany.