Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, Nov 13, 2016
LOT 257
AUDEMARS FRÈRES & CO. QUARTER-REPEATER CHRONOGRAPH PINK GOLD Audemars Frères & Co, Geneve.Case number 130632. Made circa 1900. Very fine, hunting-cased, keyless, quarter-repeating, 14K pink gold pocket watch with single button chronograph
CHF 1,000 - 2,000
HKD 8,000 - 16,000 / USD 1,000 - 2,000
Sold: CHF 3,625
Five-body, bassine et filets, solid, polished, gold hinged cuvette with medal engravings. White enamel with radial Arabic numerals, outer minute and 1/5th seconds graduation with 5-second Arabic markers, sunk subsidiary seconds dial. Gilt Louis XV hands. 40 mm. gilt brass, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 25 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, chronograph mechanism, repeating on gongs activated by a push-button on the band, centrifugal governor.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3-8 |
Good Slightly scratched |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-70-01 |
Good ENAMEL AND VARIOUS TYPES OF DECORATION Hairline HANDS Original |