Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...
Geneva, Hotel Noga Hilton, Oct 16, 2005
LOT 169
Thomas Engel, No. 3, Made in the 1980s. Very fine and rare, 18K yellow gold, keyless chronometre regulator watch with 30-hour power reserve indicator, thermometer and date. Accompanied by the original mahogany fitted box with extra main spring, spare pair of hands and original certificate. To be sold without reserve.
CHF 22,000 - 27,000
EUR 14,000 - 18,000 / USD 18,000 - 22,000
Sold: CHF 25,300
C. Three-body, screwed-down case back with engine-turned decoration, polished borders and band. Gold-rimmed glazed cuvette, balltype, swiveling pendant acting as a winding device. D. Silver, engine-turned and whitened, Roman hour chapter ring, outer minute chapter with dot markers and five-minute Arabic markers, chapter for days of the week, thermometer sector at 6, power reserve aperture at 12. ?Breguet? gold hour hand, ?Breguet? blued steel minute, date and thermometer hands. M. 49 mm, Type Concours Observatoire, rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 19 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, blued steel Breguet balance-spring with outer terminal curve. Dial and movement signed. Case stamped ?TE?. Diam. 56.5 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3-6 |
Good Slightly oxidized |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |