Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jul 09, 2016

LOT 139

SWISS QUARTER REPEATER CHRONOGRAPH TRIPLE DATE CALENDAR PINK GOLD Anonymous, Swiss, "Quarter Repeater Chronograph Triple Date Moon Phases," No. 15833, case No. 15709. Made circa 1890. Fine, large, hunting-cased, keyless, quarter-repeating, 14K pink gold pocket watch with triple-date calendar, chronograph and moon phases.

Four-body, bassine, polished, olive-shaped button at 12 for the chronograph. Hinged gold cuvette engraved with prize medals. White enamel with Arabic numerals, outer 1/5th seconds track with 5-second Arabic markers, subsidiary dials for the seconds and the date, apertures for the days of the week, months and moon phases. Gilt Louis XV hands. Cal. 20''', nickel-plated, 19 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic compensation balance, Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator. Repeating on gongs activated by a push-button on the band. Case and movement numbered.