Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, May 12, 2013
LOT 50
MINUTE REPEATER Bandera (Ditisheim & Co.), Swiss, `Répétion à Minutes`, No. 25987. Made circa 1900. Fine, 18K yellow gold, hunting-cased, keyless, minute-repeating pocket watch.
CHF 2,500 - 3,500
HKD 20,000 - 29,000 / USD 2,600 - 3,700
Sold: CHF 3,750
C. Five-body, bassine, engraved with stylized foliage. Hinged gold cuvette engraved with prize medals. D. White enamel with Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions, subsidiary seconds dial. Blued steel spade hands. M. 40 mm, gilt brass, 15 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a push piece in the band, centrifugal governor. Dial and cuvette signed. DIAM. 53 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: A |
Good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |