Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Oct 27, 2019

LOT 118

C. L. GUINAND SPLIT-SECONDS CHRONOGRAPH, MINUTE RECORDER; 14K YELLOW GOLD

HKD 20,000 - 28,000

CHF 2,500 - 3,500 / USD 2,550 - 3,500

Sold: HKD 25,000

14K yellow gold, hunting-case, round-shaped, pocket watch, with subsidiary seconds at 6, 1/5 second chronograph, split-seconds, halfinstantaneous 30-minute recorder. Cover and case-back guilloché (engine-turned).


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Brand Ch. Léon Guinand

Year Circa 1900

Movement No.  30 236

Calibre  18 ½ ’’’, lever escapement

Case No. 30 236

Diameter 54.5 mm

Signature Dial and Movement

Accessories Copy of the invention patent

Notes

Movement based on the Swiss invention patent No. 3 360, delivered on March 17, 1891, to Ch.-Léon Guinand, Les Brenets, for a “Compteur de minutes pour chronographes-compteurs s’appliquant indifféremment à la montre Lépine ou savonnette”.