Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Oct 27, 2019
LOT 456
BARBEZAT-BAILLOT, “TRUSTY" ART NOUVEAU HUNTING-CASE POCKET WATCH WITH QUARTER-REPEATER MADE FOR THE CHINESE MARKET; GILDED SILVER, ENAMEL AND PEARL-SET
HKD 40,000 - 47,000
CHF 4,970 - 5,960 / USD 5,000 - 6,000TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE
Sold: HKD 62,500
Gilded silver (0.900), enamel and pearl-set, hunting-case, keylesswinding, round-shaped, Art Nouveau pocket watch, made for the Chinese market, with minute-repeater on two steel gongs (activated by the rectangular slide located on the case-band at 12 o’clock). Red flinqué enamel (translucent enamel over guilloché engine-turning) cover and case-back, with polychrome painting on enamel showing, on the cover, a gentleman who takes a keen interest in a lady, both ice skating, and, on the case-back, the portrait of a lady
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Brand C. Barbezat-Baillot
Year Circa 1900
Calibre 20’’’, lever escapement (movement based on the Swiss invention patents No. 334, No. 13 244 and No. 13 247)
Case No. 273 926
Diameter 56 mm
Signature Dial
Accessories Copies of the invention patents