Important Watches and Wristwatches
Hong Kong, Hotel Furama, May 28, 1989
LOT 341
Girard Perregaux & Cie, à La Chaux-de-Fonds, No 235998, circa 1900. Kuang Hsu.
HKD 300,000 - 400,000
CHF 60,000 - 80,000
Rare and very fine 18-carat gold hunting cased pocket chronometer with the famous three gold parallel bridge caliber, patented on March 25th 1884 and with a special escapement. Four body massive 'demi-bassine' polished case. Gold cuvette. White enamel dial with Breguet numerals and subsidiary second. Gold 'pear' hands. Fine 19"' damascened nickel movement with three 18-carat pink gold parallel bridges, 19 jewels screwed gold setting, gold train, reversed barrel, equilibrated straight line lever escapement in inverted position, 18'000 beating cut bimetallic balance, flat balance-spring with double Philippe's terminal curves, free sprung. In very good condition. Diam. 57 mm.
