Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Apr 28, 2019
CHARLES-EDOUARD LARDET FOR P. L. PECHEMIEL POCKET WATCH WITH EARLY "IN VIEW" CHRONOGRAPH AND CUVETTE WITH TWO PAINTED PORTRAITS ON ENAMEL; 18K YELLOW GOLD AND ENAMEL
18K yellow gold, open-face, keyless-winding, round-shaped, pocket watch, subsidiary seconds at 6 and one horological complication: - 1/5 second chronograph (activated by the winding-crown) Case-back guilloché engine-turned, engraved in taille-douce (fine cut) with the cypher "S F R". Cuvette (dome) with two painted on enamel portraits of a gentleman and a lady against a florally engraved background.
Grading System | |
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Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Brand Charles-Edouard Lardet
Model retailed by P. L. Pechemiel, Madrid (dated 1878)
Year circa 1875-1878
Movement No. 3 595
Calibre 20''', gilded brass, with going barrel, straight-line equilibrated lever escapement, compensated balance with gold poising screws and blued steel hairspring with terminal curve; early "in view" chronograph mechanism with detent-type levers and gold wheels
Case No. 3 595
Material 18K yellow gold and enamel
Caliber 20''', gilded brass, with going barrel, straight-line equilibrated lever escapement, compensated balance with gold poising screws and blued steel hairspring with terminal curve; early "in view" chronograph mechanism with detent-type levers and gold wheels
Dimensions Ø 53.6 mm.
Signature dial (by the retailer), movement (by the maker)