Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Jun 25, 2011
LOT 143
Le Coultre Linear Triple Date Calendar & Moon Phases LeCoultre, Geneve, ?Triple Quantieme?, No. 18710. Made circa 1880. Very fine and rare, 18K gold, keyless pocket watch with linear triple date calendar, moon phases and gold wheel train.
HKD 29,000 - 38,000
USD 3,500 - 5,000 / EUR 2,500 - 3,500
C. Four-body, bassine et filets, polished, date correctors and hand-setting buttons on the band. Hinged gold cuvette engraved with the technical details within an engine-turned border. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer gold dot minute divisions, subsidiary seconds, apertures for the linear days of the week, date, months and moon phases. Fancy gold pierced hands. M. 19???, rhodium plated fausses cotes decoration, 17 jewels, wolf?s tooth winding, gold wheel train, counterpoised straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel balance spring with terminal curve, index regulator. Signed LeCoultre on the dial plate. Diam. 53 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 4-19 |
Fair Dent(s) |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |