Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

Hong Kong, Jul 10, 2005

LOT 214

?Bagnolet Type? Aubert & Capt, Genève, No. 7029. Made circa 1820. Very fine and very small, extra-thin, 18K gold pendant watch with a gold Breguet-type ratchet key and short double-link chain.

HKD 12,000 - 15,000

EUR 1,200 - 1,500 / USD 1,500 - 1,800

Sold: HKD 9,200

C. Four-body, engine turned and polished. Hinged gold cuvette. Later brooch fitting. D. Gold with champlevé radial Roman numerals,outer minute divisions, engine-turned centre set with a faceted stone above 6. Gold Breguet hands. M. 22 mm, frosted gilt, Lepinecaliber, 8 jewels, cylinder escapement, three-arm brass balance, index regulator. Cuvette signed.Diam. 27 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3 - 01

Notes

Aubert & Capt Specialized in horology, ?bijouterie? and mechanical pieces. They had a branch in London called Aubert & Kloflenberger. In Geneva, they were located ?place de Bel-Air, vis-à-vis de la Balance?, in 1830. ?Dictionnaire des horlogers genevois? by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Antiquorum Editions, 1998.