Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Monaco, Jan 19, 2023
LOT 11*
BREITLING FOR ROLLS-ROYCE
8-DAY GOING DESK-CLOCK; “SPIRIT OF ECSTASY”; SILVER
EUR 3,100 - 5,100
USD 3,300 - 5,500 / HKD 25,400 - 42,300 / CHF 3,000 - 5,000
Sold: EUR 3,640
Silver (0.800), keyless-winding, 8-day going, desk-clock in the shape of a Rolls-Royce car grill, with, on the top, the “Spirit of Ecstasy” (the mascot of the car brand), silver colour dial with applied pink gold indexes.
If the lot is delivered within the EU:
a 20% import VAT is due on the hammer price with buyer’s premium, plus 120€ for termination of temporary export, at buyer’s expense.
If the lot is delivered outside EU:
120€ for termination of temporary export is due,at buyer’s expense
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Brand Breitling, Saint-Imier (Bernese Jura)
Model made for Rolls-Royce, England
Year circa 1950
Movement No. unnumbered
Case No. unnumbered
Material silver (0.800) (by “ABG”)
Caliber 22’’’, 8-day going, lever escapement
Dimensions 85.6 x 66 mm.
Weight 248.4 gr. (approx.)
Signature dial, case and movement
Accessories original fitted box
Notes
Spirit of Ecstasy
This statuette is the mascot of the Rolls-Royce car brand. It was created in 1911, at the request of Claude Goodman Johnson (1864-1926), the brand’s President and Director, by the English sculptor Charles Robinson Sykes (1875-1950) to embellish the brand’s radiator caps. The statuette was to inspire “the spirit of the Rolls-Royce, precisely: speed and silence, absence of vibration, great power mysteriously coupled with a beautiful living organism of superb grace...”.