Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Jul 23, 2020
LOT 14
Emile Quartier Fils – La Géniale
Pocket watch, minute-repeater, chronograph; 18K pink gold
HKD 28,000 - 36,000
CHF 3,500 - 4,500 / USD 3,700 - 4,800
18K pink gold, hunting-case, keyless-winding, round-shaped, pocket watch, with subsidiary seconds at 6 and two horological complications:
• Minute-repeater on two steel gongs by two hammers (activated by the rectangular push-piece located on the case-band at 6 o’clock)
• 1/5 second chronograph (activated by the single olive-shaped push-piece located on the case-band at 12 o’clock)
• Minute-repeater on two steel gongs by two hammers (activated by the rectangular push-piece located on the case-band at 6 o’clock)
• 1/5 second chronograph (activated by the single olive-shaped push-piece located on the case-band at 12 o’clock)
Cover and case-back polished.
19’’’, gilded brass, going barrel, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensated balance and blued steel hairspring with terminal curve, index regulator; repeater work with silent centrifugal governor; chronograph work on the top plate.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Brand Emile Quartier Fils, Les Brenets, Le Locle
Model La Géniale
Year circa 1900-1910
Movement No. 18 133
Case No. 150 291
Caliber 19’’’, lever escapement
Dimensions Ø 52.1 mm.
Accessories contemporary fitted box (signed Golay Fils & Stähl, Geneva – Paris; leather; allowing, when this one is closed, to make the watch striking)