Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, May 09, 2026
AIMÉ JACOB, FRANCE, QUARTER-REPEATING POCKET WATCH WITH RUBY CYLINDER ESCAPEMENT, 18K YELLOW GOLD
TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE
A fine and elegant, 18k yellow gold, manual wind open-face, key-winding pocket watch, quarter-repeater by two hammers on two steel gongs activated by a pull-and-twist piston in the pendant. White enamel dial (counter-enamel signed “Droz”), bleu steel Breguet hands.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-75-01 |
Good ENAMEL AND VARIOUS TYPES OF DECORATION Slightly restored soft enamel HANDS Original |
Brand Aimé Jacob, France
Year Circa 1820
Movement No. 253
Case No. 72
Caliber 46 mm., gilded brass, going barrel, cylinder escapement, monometallic balance (gilded brass) and blued steel flat hairspring, ruby-set cylinder escapement, blued steel index-regulator with temperature compensating bimetallic curb and pare-chute; repeater work on the main plate, under the dial.
Diameter 53 mm.
Weight 96 gr.
Signature Dial and movement, case numbered