Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...
Geneva, Hotel Noga Hilton, Oct 16, 2005
LOT 356
Herve a Paris. Made circa 1780. Fine, very small, dumb quarter repeating 18K gold pocket watch.
CHF 6,500 - 8,500
EUR 4,200 - 5,500 / USD 5,300 - 7,000
C. Two-body, engine turned, ?Louis XVI?. D. White enamel with Breguet numerals, outer minute track. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 20 mm., frosted gilt full-plate, ring-turned tapered pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, four-arm brass balance, flat balance spring, foliate pierced and chased continental type balance cock, silver regulation disc, repeating with two hammers on the case activated by depressing the pendant. Movement signed. Case with Paris hallmarks. Diam. 30 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: A |
Good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 4-34* |
Fair Restored by the manufacture Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 4-25-40-05 |
Fair Chipped HANDS Luminous material reapplied |