Geneva, Nov 08, 2026
GIRARD PERREGAUX, SWITZERLAND, ''CHRONOMETER'', FUSEE AND CHAIN, PIVOTED DETENT ESCAPEMENT, SPECIAL COMPENSATION BALANCE WITH OVERBANKING CYLINDRICAL HAIRSPRING, AND SPECIAL OVER-WINDING SYSTEM, 18K YELLOW GOLD
An extremely fine, heavy and rare, 18k yellow gold, manual wind hunting-case, keyless-winding pocket chronometer, made for the Spanish or South American market, with subsidiary seconds at 6 o’clock. Silvered, stamped satin-finished dial with Roman numerals, the centre and rim decorated with gold scrolling foliage and floral motifs. Cover and case back engraved in taille-douce with stylised foliage, geometric patterns, masks and grotesques, the centre of the cover with an escutcheon.
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Grade: |
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Case: 2 |
Very good |
Movement: 2-6* |
Very good Slightly oxidized Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-6-01 |
Very good Slightly oxidized HANDS Original |
Brand Girard Perregaux, Switzerland
Model ''chronometer''
Year Circa 1890
Movement No. 63235
Case No. 63235. 15834
Caliber 46 mm., nickel-plated movement, 18 jewels, fusee and chain with going barrel, three jewels set in screwed gold chatons, pivoted detent chronometer escapement, bimetallic compensation balance with two gold oval weights, two gold mean-time nuts and gold temperature screws, free-sprung spherical balance spring with overbanking pin, diamond endstone, and special over-winding system to prevent overwinding.
Diameter 56 mm.
Weight 195 gr.
Signature Dial and movement
