Only Online Auction

Geneva, Apr 07, 2021

LOT 28

Chatelain
Chronograph, minute and hour counters, triple date à guichets (with apertures), moon phases; 18K yellow gold

CHF 2,500 - 3,500

EUR 2,300 - 3,200 / USD 2,700 - 3,800 / HKD 21,000 - 29,400

Sold: CHF 3,250

18K yellow gold, manual-winding, round-shaped, gentleman’s wristwatch, fluted case-band, with sapphire-crystal snap-on case-back, white guilloché (engine-turned) dial with subsidiary seconds at 9 and seven horological complications:
· 1/5 second chronograph (activated by the two olive-shaped push-pieces)
· Half-instantaneous 30-minute counter (subsidiary dial at 3 o’clock)
· 12-hour counter (subsidiary dial at 6 o’clock)
· Half-instantaneous date of the month (exterior graduation with central hand)
· Day of the week (aperture at 11 o’clock; indications given in English)
· Month of the year (aperture at 1 o’clock; indications given in English)
· Phases of the moon (aperture at 6 o’clock)


Grading System
Grade: A

Good

Case: 2

Very good

Movement: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 1-01

As new

HANDS Original

Brand Chatelain, Geneva

Year circa 1990-2000

Movement No. unnumbered

Case No. 33 (by Eric Monnier, La Chaux-de-Fonds)

Material 18K yellow gold

Bracelet brown leather strap

Buckle gilded metal buckle

Diameter 36 mm.

Caliber 13’’’ (based on Valjoux 886 ebauche by Raymond Frères, Les Bioux, Vallée de Joux)

Signature dial, case and movement

CONDITIONS AND INFORMATION FOR BUYERS

The purchase price payable by a buyer will be the sum of the final bid price plus the buyer’s premium, together with any applicable sales or compensating use tax. In addition to the hammer price, the buyer’s premium is payable as follows: 25% of the hammer price on each lot.

Important notice – Special conditions Please look carefully at all the photos as they are an integral part of the description. Any defect not mentioned in the descriptions but visible on the photos will be considered as described and cannot lead to any claim. The dimensions are given as an indication and may slightly differ from the measures mentioned by the manufacturers especially for contemporary watches. The photos are not retouched. Colors may differ from reality. For timepieces, we guarantee neither the functioning nor the precision of the movement, nor the water-resistance of the case. In addition, please note that movements, parts of mechanisms or cases may be incomplete. The lots are sold “as is”, described to the best of our knowledge and cannot be returned. Once the online bid is placed by the bidder, it cannot be cancelled.