Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Jul 23, 2020
LOT 68
Henry Grandjean
Large pocket watch, quarter-repeater, clock-watch, Grande et Petite Sonnerie; 18K yellow gold
HKD 56,000 - 72,000
CHF 7,000 - 9,000 / USD 7,400 - 9,500
18K yellow gold, open-face, key-winding, round-shaped, large pocket watch, with three horological complications:
• Quarter-repeater on two steel gongs by two hammers (activated by the push-piece located on the pendant; safety bolt locking the repeater’s functions (slide located on the case-band at 2 o’clock)
• Grande Sonnerie
• Petite Sonnerie
with position lever of “S” (Sonnerie – strike) and “Ns” (Non sonne or Silence – no strike), and, position lever of “Grande Sonnerie / Petite Sonnerie”, both on the right side of the pendant, placed under the bezel, at 1 o’clock)
Case-back engraved in taille-douce (fine cut) with the portrait of a young lady surrounded by two Cupids. Case-band chased and engraved with foliages. Cuvette (dome) engraved with the technical specifications.
Silver, partly gilded, dial with Roman numerals.
Movement 22’’’, gilded brass, with two going barrels, ruby-set cylinder escapement, monometallic balance (polished steel) and blued steel flat hairspring, index regulator; “Neuchâteloise” repeater work.