Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces.

Hong Kong, Oct 27, 2018

LOT 224

ADRIEN RIGACCI SCHOOL WATCH WITH THE SEAL OF GENEVA QUALITY MARK, BY A FUTURE PATEK PHILIPPE'S WATCHMAKER, 18K YELLOW GOLD

HKD 16,000 - 24,000

CHF 2,000 - 3,000 / USD 2,100 - 3,100

Sold: HKD 27,500

18K yellow gold, open-face, keyless-winding, round-shaped, pocket watch, hinged case-back, subsidiary seconds at 6 Cuvette engraved in taille-douce with the mention "Alexandre Rigacci / Genève 19.XI.86 / 11 Avril 22 / L. 17.IV.98 / S. 22.II.23 / C. 25.IV.26"


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 2

Very good
Movement: 2-01*

Very good
Dial: 2

Very good

Brand Adrien Rigacci

Year circa 1915

Movement No. 312

Case No. 19 301

Caliber 18''' gilded brass, with going barrel, straight-line lever escapement, compensated balance and blued steel hairspring with terminal curve, Geneva seal

Dimensions Ø 50 mm.

Signature Dial and movement

Notes

Seal of Geneva Quality Mark A trademark of the Office of Geneva Control of Watches, was first established on November 6, 1886, to control watches made in the Canton of Geneva. Watches awarded the Seal of Geneva Quality Mark must "after examination prove to have a perfect mechanism to ensure regular and durable functioning". Adrien Rigacci, Geneva He made three movements under his own name at the Horological School of Geneva. Only one of them - the present watch - was cased. For the remainder of his career, Rigacci worked at Patek Philippe.