Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...
Hong Kong, Jun 27, 2009
LOT 112
A La Breguet Mathieu, Place de la Bourse a Paris, No. 1826. Made circa 1830. Very fine and rare, quarter-repeating, 18K rose gold pocket watch with ruby cylinder escapement. To be sold without reserve
HKD 15,000 - 22,000
USD 2,100 - 3,100 / EUR 1,500 - 2,200
Sold: HKD 16,200
C. Four-body, ?Empire?, engine-turned ?grains d?orge?. Hinged gold cuvette, the border engraved ?Lenoir?. D. Silver, engineturned, radial Roman numerals on a brushed reserve, outer minute divisions. Gold Breguet hands. M. 44 mm., frosted gilt, jewelled to the third wheel, English-type ruby cylinder escapement with steel escape wheel, plain three-arm balance with parechute on the upper pivot, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator with bimetallic temperature compensation curb, repeating on gongs activated by a pull-and-twist button in the pendant. Dial and cuvette signed, reverse of the dial punched ADLG. Diam. 50 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: A |
Good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-9-01 |
Good Scratched HANDS Original |