Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

New York - The Fuller Building, Mar 28, 2007

LOT 309

?Répétition à Minutes? Faivre Perrin, Locle, ?Répétition à Minutes?, case No. 1110. Made for the Hispanic market circa 1900. Very fine, hunting-cased, keyless, minute-repeating, 18K pink gold pocket watch with special dial.

USD 3,000 - 4,000

EUR 2,300 - 3,000

Sold: USD 4,366

C. Four-body, ?bassine et filets?, solid, engine-turned covers, monogrammed front, polished band, gold hinged cuvette with inscription. D. Matte silver, engraved and with applied multicolored gold floral ornaments, radial Roman numerals, sunk subsidiary seconds dial. Blued steel ?Louis XVI" hands. M. Cal. 19???, maillechort, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 35 jewels, straight line counterpoised lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, repeating on gongs by activating slide on the band. Case signed and numbered. Diam. 58 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 3-6-12

Good

Slightly oxidized

Worn

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-6-9-01

Good

Slightly oxidized

Scratched

HANDS Original