Solvil, Genève

A LARGE SILVER OPEN-FACED KEYLESS LEVER DECK WATCH WTIH GUILLAUME BALANCE AND 52-HOUR POWER RESERVE INDICATION CIRCA 1915, NO.703446

• Movement: gilded three-quarter plate, lever escapement, 21 jewels, some jewels carried in screwed chatons, guillaume balance, diamond endstone, signed and numbered Solvil Genève, no.703446 and marked Grand Prix Paris 1900, Berne 1914, polished silver cuvette signed and numbered Solvil Genève, no.703446 and marked Chronomètre de Bord, 600 Prix d'État
• Dial: silvered, black Roman numerals, black outer minute ring, two subsidiary dials for seconds and 52-hour power reserve, blued steel hands, signed and numbered Solvil-Gèneve, Grand Prix Paris 1900, 703446
• Case: large silver case, heavily milled band, polished back with central cartouche engraved Paul Ditisheim, Compensateur Guillaume, the screw-down bezel and case back with finely milled rims
diameter 66mm

Provenance:
Antiquorum Geneva, 14 October 1984, lot 172