Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
New York, Sep 30, 2015
LOT 176
EMILE PERRET HUNTING CASED TO "WILLIAM BOEING" YELLOW GOLD Emile Perret, Locle, No. 8259. Made in 1871. Fine 18K gold hunting-cased yellopocket chronometer.
USD 2,000 - 4,000
HKD 15,500 - 31,000 / CHF 2,000 - 3,900
Sold: USD 2,500
Four-body, solid, bassine et filets, engine-turned case back and front cover, reeded band, gold hinged cuvette engraved: "Souvenir to William Boeing 1871." White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute ring, sunk subsidiary seconds. 20''', nickel-plated, fausses cotes decoration, pivoted detent escapement, 20 jewels, gold wheels, large bimetallic compensation balance with gold screws, Breguet balance spring, index regulator with the scale on the center wheel bridge, wolf-teeth winding wheels.
Notes
Signed on the movement, numbered on the dial and case.
dial and cuvette.
DIAM. 53 mm.