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Lot 428 · Fine Watches featuring Exceptional Discoveries: The Olmsted Complications Collection

A rare yellow gold open-faced keyless single button split-seconds chronograph watch without reset, No. 26507, 1870-71

London Dent

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Estimate
$1,000–$1,500 hammer
Result
Performance
Sale
Sotheby's — Fine Watches featuring Exceptional Discoveries: The Olmsted Complications Collection, New York · 10 December 2025
Record ID
TB-2026-5344115
Record
first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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London Dent, A rare yellow gold open-faced keyless single button split-seconds chronograph watch without reset, No. 26507, 1870-71. Sotheby's, 10 Dec 2025, lot 428. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5344115.

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London Dent, A rare yellow gold open-faced keyless single button split-seconds chronograph watch without reset, No. 26507, 1870-71. Sotheby's, 10 Dec 2025, lot 428. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5344115.

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From the same sale Fine Watches featuring Exceptional Discoveries: The Olmsted Complications Collection · Dec 2025

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Reference BR 01-93 GMT | A PVD-coated stainless steel square automati… Bell & Ross $1,500–$2,500
A yellow gold open-faced keyless watch with up-and-down indication, N… London Charles Frodsham $3,000–$5,000
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