Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 14, 2006

LOT 179

?Minute-Repeating Chronograph? Chronomètre Invar, No. 211285, retailed by Joyeria Inglesa I. Jacoes, Santiago de Chile. Made circa 1910. Fine, large, hunting-cased, keyless, minute-repeating, 18K yellow gold pocket watch with chronograph.

USD 2,000 - 3,000

EUR 1,600 - 2,400

Sold: USD 3,776

C. Four-body, ?bassine?, solid, polished, front cover engraved with a sun, hinged gold cuvette with inscription. D. Double-sunk white enamel with painted Arabic numerals, outer minute and chronograph divisions, subsidiary seconds dial. Gold ?spade? hands. M. Cal. 21, maillechort, 24 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, visible chronograph works, repeating on gongs by activating slide on the band. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 58 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3-8**

Good

Slightly scratched

Repair required, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original