Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Oct 27, 2019
LOT 420
H. R. EKEGRÈN FOR TIFFANY & CO. KEYLESS-WINDING POCKET WATCH WITH MINUTE-REPEATER AND SPLIT-SECONDS CHRONOGRAPH; 18K PINK GOLD
HKD 120,000 - 140,000
CHF 14,900 - 17,900 / USD 15,000 - 18,000
18K pink gold, open-face, keyless-winding, round-shaped, pocket watch, with subsidiary seconds at 6 and three horological complications: • Minute-repeater on two steel gongs (activated by the slide at 8 o’clock) • 1/5 second chronograph with single push-piece (activated by the round push-piece located on the winding-crown); safety bolt locking the chronograph’s functions (slide at 11 o’clock) • Split-seconds (activated by the rectangular push-piece located on the case-band at 10:30) Movement based on the American invention patent No. 61 867, delivered on February 5, 1867, to Geo. Reed, Boston, MA (USA), for a “Watch Regulator” (precision-regulating device for fast / slow by means of an eccentric snail). Cuvette (dome) engraved in taille-douce (fine cut) with the mention “Julien Ashton Ripley / 1900”.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Brand H. R. Ekegrén, Geneva
Year Circa 1890-1900
Movement No. 77 841
Calibre 16’’’, 3/4 plate, nickel-plated, with going barrel, straight-line equilibrated lever escapement, cut compensated balance with gold and platinum poising screws and blued steel hairspring with terminal curve, patented index regulator with swan-neck spring and micrometric screw
Case No. 77 841
Diameter 46 mm
Signature Dial, case and movement (by the retailer)