Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jul 09, 2016

LOT 276

LEONIDAS TRIPLE DATE CHRONOGRAPH STEEL Leonidas, case No. 398936. Made in the 1940s. Fine and rare, stainless steel wristwatch with square button chronograph, registers and triple date.

HKD 10,000 - 15,000

USD 1,290 - 1,930 / CHF 1,270 - 1,900

TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

Sold: HKD 15,000

Three body, polished and brushed, lapidated lugs, inclined bezel, correctors on the band, snap-on case back. Copper color with round indexes and Arabic 12, outer 1/5th seconds track with 5-second Arabic markers and date and graduation for the days of the month, subsidiary guilloche dials for the seconds, 30-minute and 12-hour registers, apertures for the day of the week and the month. Gold feuille hands. Cal. 13''', rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, steel Breguet balance spring.


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good

Case: 3-8

Good

Slightly scratched

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

Dial signed, numbered on the case. DIAM. 35 mm. THICKNESS 10 mm. To be sold without reserve