Important Collectors Wristwatches, P...
Hong Kong,the Ritz Carlton Hotel,harbour Room, 3rd Floor, Jun 02, 2007
LOT 22
?Thin Minute Repeater? C. H. Meylan, Brassus, No. 6069, 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 64,900
C. Three-body, 'bassine pincée', polished, concealed hinge, the interior of the back cover with engraved dedication. D. Brushed silver with applied polished yellow gold Arabic quarter-hour numerals and baton indexes, outer dot minute track, subsidiary seconds. Yellow gold ?alpha? hands. M. 17.5???, 38 mm, rhodium-plated, ?faussescotes? 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. 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: 3-6-01 |
Good Slightly oxidized HANDS Original |