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Hong Kong, Dec 05, 2021

LOT 80

GÜBELIN
Self-winding, triple date à guichets (with apertures), guilloché (engine-turned) dial; 18K pink gold

HKD 43,000 - 85,000

EUR 4,900 - 9,600 / CHF 5,100 - 10,100 / USD 5,600 - 11,000

18K pink gold, self-winding, round-shaped, gentleman’s wristwatch, water-resistant with case-back screwed by six screws, pink colour guilloché (engine-turned) dial with radial applied Roman numerals and four horological complications:
· Half-instantaneous date of the month (external graduation with central index)
· Day of the week (aperture at 10:30; indications given in English)
· Month of the year (aperture at 1:30; indications given in English)
· Phases of the moon (aperture at 6 o’clock)


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good

Case: 2-8

Very good

Slightly scratched

Movement: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

Brand Gübelin, Luzern / Lucerne

Year Circa 1990

Bracelet Brown leather strap; 18K pink gold Gübelin buckle

Caliber 888 (based on 888-444 Jaeger-LeCoultre)

Dimensions 40.5 x 36.3 mm.

Signature Case, Dial and Movement

Notes

The Cal. 888 from Jaeger-LeCoultre is one of the most popular self-winding calibres with a triple date mechanism. It was used by the Manufacture du Sentier but also by other manufacturers, such as Audemars Piguet, Le Brassus, and Vacheron Constantin, Geneva.