Ligne Droite

A good late 19th century silver keyless lever watch in original silk-and velvet-lined presentation case LUC (Chopard) 3845 The case with flattened bow over a gilt winding crown and shouldered hand-setting pin, the rear cover with vacant shield-shaped cartouche within an engraved border of flowers and foliage, the cuvette extensively signed “LIGNE DROITE BALANCIER COUPE spiral Breguet..ANCRE 16 RUBIS…2 plateaux”, the white enamel dial with Arabic hours, five-minute numerals and running seconds, fancy gold hands and signed for the retailer ‘Conre Carlsson, Nurrkoping’, the gilt bar movement stamped with the LUC trademark, with cut and compensated bimetallic balance and over-coiled hairspring,  52mm diameter.