Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces.
Hong Kong, Oct 27, 2018
LOT 293
E. MATHEY-TISSOT & CO. 8-DAY GOING "MIGNONETTE" DESK CLOCK WITH ONE HOROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; "PENDULETTE DE VOYAGE A RÉPÉTITION MINUTES", GILDED 0.935 STERLING
HKD 72,000 - 96,000
CHF 9,000 - 12,000 / USD 9,200 - 12,300
Gilded 0.935 sterling, enamel and malachite, key-winding, borne-shaped, 8-day going, 8-day going desk clock with one horological complication: Minute-repeater on two steel gongs (activated by depressing the push-piece on the top) The centre of the dial is painted in watercolour with a Chinese landscape scene. Movement based on the Swiss invention patents: No. 21 800, delivered on July 12, 1900, to E. Mathey-Tissot & Co., Les Ponts-de-Martel, for a "Mécanisme de répétition à minutes"; No. 25 658, delivered on April 2, 1902, to E. Mathey-Tissot & Co., Les Ponts-de-Martel, for a "Régulateur de vitesse du petit rouage des montres à répétition"; No. 30 225, delivered on February 17, 1904, to E. Mathey- Tissot & Co., Les Ponts-de-Martel, for a "Pendule à répétition".
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3-24-32 |
Good Slightly chipped Slightly restored |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Brand E. Mathey
Year Circa 1920
Movement No. 7 291
Case No. 12178
Caliber Rectangular, rhodium-plated, with going barrel, platform with straight-line lever escapement, compensated balance and blued steel flat hairspring, three adjustments
Dimensions 95 x 57 x 43 mm.
Signature Case and movement
Accessories Original fitted box; winding-key