Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, May 15, 2016
LOT 345
HENRY CAPT MINUTE REPEATING POCKET WATCH GOLD Ls. Gallopin & Cie, Successors de Henri Capt, Genève, 'Répétition à Minutes', No. 46501. Made circa 1890. Very fine and very rare, small minute-repeating, keyless 18K gold pocket watch.
CHF 5,000 - 7,000
HKD 40,000 - 56,000 / USD 5,200 - 7,300TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE
Sold: CHF 10,000
Four-body, bassine, polished, semi-concealed hinges. Hinged gold cuvette. White enamel with Arabic numerals, outer minute track and Arabic five-minute numerals, subsidiary sunk seconds dial. Gold spade hands. 27mm. rhodium plated, 31 jewels, wolf's tooth winding, straight line calibrated lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance, Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band.
| 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 |