Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, May 15, 2016
LOT 238
BAUME & MERCIER, LARGE CHRONOGRAPH PINK GOLD Baume & Mercier, Geneve, case No. 130385. Made in the 1940's. Fine, large, 18K pink gold wristwatch with rectangular button chronograph, register, tachometer and telemeter.
CHF 1,200 - 2,200
HKD 10,000 - 18,000 / USD 1,300 - 2,300
Sold: CHF 1,750
Four body, solid, polished, snap-on case back, anti-magnetic protecting cap, concave lugs. Matte silver with applied pink gold Arabic and dart indexes, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials, outer telemeter graduation in blue Arabic numerals, at the center, spiral tachometer scale. Pink gold baton hands. Cal. L 148, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating flat balance spring.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: A |
Good |
Case: 3-8-19 |
Good Slightly scratched Dent(s) |
Movement: 2* |
Very good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-8-01 |
Very good Slightly scratched HANDS Original |