Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, May 10, 2015
LOT 83
QUARTER REPEATER PINK GOLD Swiss, No. 13167. Made circa 1885. Very fine, keyless, quarter-repeating, 18K pink gold, hunting cased pocket watch.
CHF 1,500 - 2,500
HKD 12,000 - 20,000 / USD 1,600 - 2,600TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE
Sold: CHF 1,875
Four-body, "bassine", solid, polished. Hinged gold cuvette with engraved dedication. White enamel with Arabic numerals, outer minute track with red Arabic five-minute numerals, subsidiary seconds. Gold Louis XV hands. Cal. 19''', matte gilt, 25 jewels, counterpoised straight line calibrated lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance-spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 2 |
Very good |
Movement: 2* |
Very good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |