Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Aug 25, 2012
LOT 185
HALF QUARTER REPEATING & CHRONOGRAPH Charles Oudin, Horloger de la Marine, 52 Palais Royal, Paris, No. 30.230. Made circa 1880. Very fine, 18K yellow gold pocket watch, half quarter repeating & chronograph, hunting-cased.
HKD 40,000 - 50,000
USD 5,200 - 6,500 / EUR 4,000 - 5,000
C. Five-body, massive, ?bassine et fi lets?, polished, the front cover with engraved monogram ?LL?, the interior of the back cover engraved ?Souvenir ? Reconnaissance, chronograph button at 12. Hinged gold cuvette with inscription ?Médaille aux expositions depuis 1806?. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and outermost fi fths of a second divisions, subsidiary seconds. Gold spade hands. M. 19''', rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 35 jewels, wolf?s tooth winding, counterpoised straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Cuvette signed. Diam. 51 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3** |
Good Repair required, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |