Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, Nov 13, 2016
LOT 267
TOUCHON MINUTE REPEATER YELLOW GOLD Touchon & Co., Genève, in partnership with Wittnauer & Co., Switzerland, No. 65952. Made in the 1920s. Fine and rare, thin, keyless, minute-repeating, 18K yellow gold dress watch.
CHF 4,000 - 6,000
HKD 32,000 - 48,000 / USD 4,000 - 6,000
Sold: CHF 5,750
Four-body, polished, semi-concealed hinge. Matte champagne with applied gold Arabic numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds dial. Yellow gold Cathedral hands. Cal. 17''', rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 23 jewels, straight- line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with 5 adjustments, blued steel Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Movement signed Touchon & Co., case also signed Wittnauer & Co.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3-8 |
Good Slightly scratched |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-6 |
Good Slightly oxidized |