Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, Mar 16, 2014
LOT 191
GOLAY FIVE-MINUTE REPEATER & SPLIT-SECONDS CHRONOGRAPH - PINK GOLD A.Golay-Leresche & Fils, Genève, 2 Rue de la Paix, Paris, No. 16885, retailed by Golay Fils & Stahl, Genève. Made circa 1890. Very fine and rare, keyless, hunting-cased, five-minute- repeating, 18K pink gold pocket watch with split-seconds chronograph.
CHF 7,000 - 9,000
HKD 58,000 - 74,000 / USD 7,500 - 9,500
Sold: CHF 13,750
Four-body, "bassine," solid, polished, rectangular pushers on the band for the start/stop and return-to-zero of the chronograph and split-seconds function. Hinged gold cuvette, glazed gold-rimmed cover to view the movement. White enamel with painted Arabic numerals, outer minute and 1/5th seconds divisions with red Arabic 5-minute/seconds numerals. Blued steel spade hands. Cal. 18''', rhodium plated, fausses cotes decoration, 35 jewels, straight-line counterpoised lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 2 |
Very good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-71-01 |
Good ENAMEL AND VARIOUS TYPES OF DECORATION Hairlines HANDS Original |