Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Feb 07, 2015

LOT 211

HENRY CAPT QUARTER REPEATER DEMI CHRONOMETER YELLOW GOLD Henry Capt, Genève, "Répétition Demi-Chronometre", No. 29801. Made circa 1870. Very fine and rare, 18K yellow gold, quarter-repeating, hunting cased keyless lever "demi chronometre" pocket watch with gold wheel train.

HKD 22,000 - 40,000

USD 2,800 - 5,200 / CHF 2,500 - 4,500

Four-body, "bassine et filet", polished and engine-turned, the front cover with engraved monogram in a cartouche. Glazed gold-rimmed cover to view the movement. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions and Arabic five-minute numerals, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel spade hands. 19''', rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 31 jewels, wolf`s tooth winding, gold wheel train, counterpoised straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3-19

Good

Dent(s)
Movement: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

Notes

Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 52 mm. DEMI-CHRONOMÈTRE The name was used by HENRY CAPT to indicate that the movement was sent to the Observatory for chronometric control, but that for commercial reasons, it did not remain long enough to complete the entire course of testing. To our knowledge, only two Genevan firms employed the denomination "Demi-Chronomètre": Henry Capt and Vacheron Constantin.