The van Cauwenbergh Collection
Hong Kong, Hotel Furama, May 29, 1989
LOT 427
AUDEMARS Fres, Brassus et Genève, Swiss, circa 1910.
HKD 22,500 - 25,000
CHF 4,500 - 5,000
Sold: HKD 50,600
18-carat gold hunting case quarter repeating watch with automaton Jacks. Four body 'demi bassine' engine turned case an escutchon engraved on the cover in a decorated frame. Gold cuvette. Small 'coquille d'oeuf' dial with Roman numerals and subsidiary seconds. Steel 'spade' hands. Dial plate with three coloured jack automated applied on each side of the dial on a green translucent enamel over engine turning, striking the quarters on two bells. Gilt brass keyless 20- movement, 19 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring. Repeating on gongs by means of a pushpiece on the band. In very good condition. Diam. 55 mm.
