Important Collectors Wristwatches, P...
Hong Kong,the Ritz Carlton Hotel,harbour Room, 3rd Floor, Jun 02, 2007
LOT 21
?Thin Minute Repeater? C. H. Meylan, Brassus, No. 6076, retailed by Cartier. Made circa 1930. Very fine, thin and elegant, minute-repeating, 18K yellow gold keyless dress watch. To be sold without reserve
HKD 40,000 - 50,000
USD 5,300 - 6,500 / EUR 4,000 - 5,000
Sold: HKD 70,800
C. Three-body, 'bassine pincée', polished, concealed hinge. D. Matte silver with applied polished yellow gold Art Deco ?cubiste? numerals, outer dot minute divisions and subsidiary seconds. Yellow gold ?cathedrale? hands. M. 17.5???, 38 mm, rhodium plated, ?fausses-cotes? decoration, 29 jewels, some in screwed gold chatons, counterpoised straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with 8 adjustments, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Dial signed for Cartier, movement signed by Meylan, case numbered. Diam. 45 mm. Property of an American Lady
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |