Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, May 15, 2016
LOT 254
GIRARD-PERREGAUX MINUTE-REPEATER YELLOW GOLD Girard Perregaux. Case No. 286909. Made circa 1900. Very fine, minute-repeating, 18K yellow gold, keyless hunting-cased pocket watch.
CHF 5,000 - 7,000
HKD 40,000 - 56,000 / USD 5,200 - 7,300
Sold: CHF 8,750
Three-body, bassine, matte, the front and back cover with engine-turning, hinged gold cuvette. White enamel with Arabic numerals, outer minute track, sunk subsidiary seconds dial. Gold Louis XV hands. Cal. 41 mm. Rhodium plated, 25 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs with two polished steel hammers activated by a slide in the band, centrifugal governor.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 2-8 |
Very good Slightly scratched |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |