Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, May 10, 2015
LOT 239
JUMP HOUR WATCH "HEURES SAUTANTES" GOLD & ENAMEL Swiss, Heures & Minutes, No. 3836. Made circa 1830. Very fine, thin, 18K gold and enamel pocket watch with jump hours.
CHF 1,500 - 2,500
HKD 12,000 - 20,000 / USD 1,600 - 2,600
Sold: CHF 1,875
Four-body, the case, pendant and bow entirely decorated with gold foliage and white champleve enamel flowers on a black champleve enamel ground, glazed aperture for the jump-hours and minutes dial in the front cover. Hinged gold cuvette. Silver, engine-turned, aperture for minute divisions on a brushed chapter ring with Arabic numerals, aperture for the hours below. 38 mm., matte gilt, jewelled cylinder escapement with plain three-arm gold balance, flat balance spring, index regulator. Cuvette signed "Paris" and numbered.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3-24 |
Good Slightly chipped |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |