Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Apr 28, 2019
LOT 581
A. ACHARD & CO. SKELETON POCKET WATCH WITH QUARTERREPEATER AND THREE STRIKING JACKS ON THREE GONGS; 18K YELLOW GOLD AND MULTICOLOURED GOLD
HKD 55,000 - 70,000
CHF 6,800 - 9,000 / USD 6,850 - 9,150
18K yellow gold, open-face, key-winding, round-shaped, pocket watch, with one horological complication: - Quarter-repeater on three steel gongs (activated by depressing the pendant) The chiselled varicoloured gold scene shows two Jacquemarts (Jacks), Caesar & Cleopatra, striking the elapsed time (Cleopatra strikes the hours and the first shot of the quarters while Caesar strikes the second shot of the quarters, and, below, a cherub strikes a third shot at every quarter; all animated by the repeating mechanism.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 2 |
Very good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |
Brand Antoine Achard & Co
Year circa 1800-1810
Movement No. 7 747 / 1 941
Calibre 21''' gilded brass, with fusee and chain, verge escapement, monometallic balance (gilded brass) and blued steel flat hairspring, pierced and engraved gilded continental cock
Case No. 1 941 / 7 740
Material 18K yellow gold and multicoloured gold
Caliber 21''' gilded brass, with fusee and chain, vergeescapement, monometallic balance (gilded brass)and blued steel flat hairspring, pierced and engravedgilded continental cock
Dimensions Ø 57 mm.