Only Online Auction

Hong Kong, Mar 09, 2022

LOT 16

Breguet & Fils (apocryphal signature)
Small decorative pocket watch; 18K yellow gold and enamel

HKD 8,500 - 17,000

EUR 1,000 - 1,950 / CHF 1,000 - 2,000 / USD 1,100 - 2,200

TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

Sold: HKD 8,000

18K yellow gold and enamel, open-face, key-winding, round-shaped, small pocket watch.

Case-back engraved and black enamelled in champlevé with decoration of friezes and foliage; gold cuvette (dome); chiselled bezel, pendant and bow.

Silver guilloché (engine-turned) dial, with radial Roman numerals; yellow gold “Breguet” hands.

Movement 13’’’ ½, gilded brass, going barrel, cylinder escapement, monometallic balance (probably gilded brass) and blued steel flat hairspring, polished steel index-regulator.


Grading System
Grade: A

Good

Case: 3-13

Good

Slightly damaged

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Brand Breguet & Fils, Paris

Model apocryphal signature, probably made in Geneva

Year circa 1850

Movement No. unnumbered

Case No. 3 217

Material 18K yellow gold and enamel

Diameter 35.6 mm.

Caliber 13’’’ ½, cylinder escapement

Weight 26.8 gr. (approx.)

Signature dial, cuvette (dome)

Accessories later fitted box; contemporary crank winding- and hand-setting gold key (1.4 gr.)

CONDITIONS AND INFORMATION FOR BUYERS

The purchase price payable by a buyer will be the sum of the final bid price plus the buyer’s premium, together with any applicable sales or compensating use tax. In addition to the hammer price, the buyer’s premium is payable as follows: 25% of the hammer price on each lot.

Important notice – Special conditions Please look carefully at all the photos as they are an integral part of the description. Any defect not mentioned in the descriptions but visible on the photos will be considered as described and cannot lead to any claim. The dimensions are given as an indication and may slightly differ from the measures mentioned by the manufacturers especially for contemporary watches. The photos are not retouched. Colors may differ from reality. For timepieces, we guarantee neither the functioning nor the precision of the movement, nor the water-resistance of the case. In addition, please note that movements, parts of mechanisms or cases may be incomplete. The lots are sold “as is”, described to the best of our knowledge and cannot be returned. Once the online bid is placed by the bidder, it cannot be cancelled.