Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, May 10, 2020

LOT 113

Angelus - Minute-repeater; silver niello

HKD 15,600 - 19,500

USD 2,000 - 2,500 / EUR 1,850 - 2,300 / CHF 2,000 - 2,500

Silver (0.800) niello, open face, keyless-winding, round-shaped, pocket watch, with subsidiary seconds at 6 and one horological complication: • Minute-repeater on two steel gongs (activated by the rectangular push-piece located on the case-band at 6 o’clock). Cover and case-back decorated with niello pattern.


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good
Case: 3-17

Good

Slightly spotted
Movement: 3 *
Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Brand Angelus, Le Locle

Model made by Fabrique Angélus, Stolz Frères

Year circa 1910

Movement No. unnumbered

Case No. 34 975 (by “A D”)

Material Silver niello

Diameter 52.3 mm.

Caliber 20’’’, lever escapement

Signature cuvette (dome) and movement (patent number)

Accessories contemporary silver niello chain with gold motifs (Length 250 mm. approx.); copies of invention patents

Notes

Movement based on the Swiss invention patent No. 12 172, delivered on April 15, 1896, to Stolz Frères, Le Locle, for a “Régulateur silencieux, pour sonnerie de montres à répétition”.