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Hong Kong,the Ritz Carlton Hotel,harbour Room, 3rd Floor, Nov 25, 2006
LOT 94
"Thin Quarter-Repeater" La Croix, a Geneve, No. 7045. Made circa 1840. Fine, slim, quarter-repeating, 18K gold pocket watch with duplex escapement.
HKD 18,000 - 23,000
USD 2,300 - 3,000 / EUR 1,800 - 2,400
C. Four-body, "bassine et filet", coin-edge band, polished bezel, engine-turned back with polished border and central vacant cartouche. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track. Blued steel "fleur-de-lys" hands. M. 43 mm., 19''', frosted gilt, duplex escapement with steel escape wheel, gold three-arm balance, flat balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Signed on the dial plate under the dial. Diam. 47 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-53-01 |
Good Reprinted HANDS Original |
Notes
Recorded as working in Geneva during the mid 19th century. Known for complicated watches, and repeating watches with independant seconds. "Dictionnaire des Horlogers Genevois", Osvaldo Patrizzi, Antiquorum Editions, 1998.