Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Apr 28, 2019
LOT 439
GIRARD-PERREGAUX POCKET CHRONOMETER, PIVOTED DETENT ESCAPEMENT, COMPENSATED BALANCE AND OVERBANKING BREGUET HAIRSPRING; 18K PINK GOLD AND VARICOLOURED GOLD
HKD 100,000 - 120,000
CHF 12,850 - 15,800 / USD 13,000 - 18,000
Sold: HKD 125,000
"Chronomètre bascule, Spiral Cylindrique à Renversement" 18K pink gold, hunting-case, keyless-winding, round-shaped, pocket chronometer, with subsidiary seconds at 6, probably made for the Spanish or South-American market. White enamel dial with Roman numerals. Cover and case-back engraved in taille-douce (fine cut) and chiselled with stylized foliage and geometric patterns, varicoloured gold birds and flowers, and, in the centre of the cover an escutcheon
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Brand Girard-Perregaux
Model "Chronomètre bascule, Spiral Cylindrique à Renversement"
Year circa 1900
Movement No. 112 175
Calibre 19''', nickel-plated, with going barrel, gold screwedchaton (setting) on the central wheel, pivoted detent escapement, so-called à bascule, compensated balance with gold poising screws and blued steel Breguet hairspring with large terminal curve, "à renversement" (to prevent overbanking)
Case No. 112 175
Material 18K pink gold and varicoloured gold
Caliber 19''', nickel-plated, with going barrel, gold screwedchaton (setting) on the central wheel, pivoted detent escapement, so-called à bascule, compensated balance with gold poising screws and blued steel Breguet hairspring with large terminal curve, "à renversement" (to prevent overbanking)
Dimensions Ø 53.2 mm.
Signature dial, case and movement
Accessories original fitted box,