Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jul 09, 2016

LOT 379

ANONYMOUS SWISS MINUTE REPEATER HUNTING CASED YELLOW GOLD Swiss, case No. 10830. Made circa 1895. Fine, keyless, minute-repeating, hunting cased 18K yellow gold pocket watch. Accompanied by a fitted box.

Four-body, "bassine," entire case hand-engraved in a floral and leaf motive, the front cover centered by a cartouche with engraved monogram, transparent inner back, engraved hinged gold cuvette. Satiné silver with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, floral engraving at center and rim, subsidiary seconds dial. Gold Louis XV hands. Cal. 20```, nickel-plated, 23 jewels, wolf-tooth winding, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Case numbered.