Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Jul 09, 2016
LOT 135
LE ROY & FILS MINUTE REPEATER GOLD AND ENAMEL Le Roy & Fils, France, Paris and 57 New Bond St., London, No. 11661, case No. 25210. Made circa 1910. Very fine and rare, thin, minute repeating, 18K gold and polychrome enamel keyless pocket watch.
HKD 39,000 - 56,000
USD 5,020 - 7,210 / CHF 4,960 - 7,145
Four-body, "demi-bassine", polished, case back decorated with a floral and leaf pattern in relief, centered by a fine polychrome enamel design. Hinged gold cuvette. Engine-turned silver with Breguet numerals on a plain reserve, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel Breguet hands. 38 mm., 18''', nickel-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 21 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel flat balance spring. Repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Cuvette signed.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |