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Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Sep 28, 2026

LOT 38

GALLET & CO., MINUTE REPEATER, 14K GOLD PLATED

HKD 15,000 - 30,000

EUR 1,700 - 3,400 / CHF 1,600 - 3,200 / USD 1,950 - 3,900 / JPY 296,000 - 600,000

A fine and rare, open-face, keyless manual-winding pocket watch with minute-repeating, a white enamel dial with Arabic numerals, an outer minute track, and a subsidiary seconds at 6.


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good

Case: 2-9

Very good

Scratched

Movement: 2-6*

Very good

Slightly oxidized

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

Brand Gallet & Co.

Year circa 1920s

Case No. 2035712

Caliber 17''', rhodium-plated, spotted decoration, 15 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with 4 adjustments, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band, centrifugal governor.

Diameter 50mm

Weight 77.2g

Signature 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: 26% of the hammer price on each lot.
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.