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Geneva, Sep 22, 2021

LOT 84

International Watch Company, IWC
Pocket watch; 14K pink gold

CHF 1,000 - 2,000

EUR 950 - 1,850 / USD 1,100 - 2,200 / HKD 8,600 - 17,100

TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

Sold: CHF 875

14K pink gold, hunting-case, keyless-winding, round-shaped, pocket watch, with subsidiary seconds at 6.

Guilloché (engine-turned) cover and case-back; cover with, in the centre, an escutcheon.

White enamel dial with suspended “Breguet” numerals; pink gold “Louis XV” hands.

Movement 18’’’, ¾ plate, gilded brass, going barrel (with patented device), gold screwed-chatons (setting), straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensated balancewith gold poising screws and blued steel hairspring with terminal curve, polished steel index-regulator with swan-neck spring and micrometric screw.


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good
Case: 2

Very good
Movement: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-70-01-04

Good

ENAMEL AND VARIOUS TYPES OF DECORATION Hairline

HANDS Original

HANDS Later

Brand International Watch Co., Schaffhausen / Schaffhouse

Year circa 1911

Movement No. 492 194

Case No. 516 736

Material 14K pink gold

Diameter 52.1 mm.

Caliber 53, 18’’’, straight-line lever escapement

Weight 98.9 gr. (approx.)

Signature dial, case and movement

Accessories copy of the invention patent

Notes

Movement based on the Swiss invention patent No. 31 457, delivered on May 11, 1904, to Fabrique d’Horlogerie de J. Rauschenbach, Schaffhausen, for a “Dispositif pour limiter le remontage des mouvements d’horlogerie à barillet” (Device for limiting the winding of barrel-type watch movements).

CONDITIONS AND INFORMATION FOR BUYERS

The purchase price payable by a buyer will be the sum of the final bid price plus the buyer’s premium, together with any applicable sales or compensating use tax. In addition to the hammer price, the buyer’s premium is payable as follows: 25% of the hammer price on each lot.

Important notice – Special conditions Please look carefully at all the photos as they are an integral part of the description. Any defect not mentioned in the descriptions but visible on the photos will be considered as described and cannot lead to any claim. The dimensions are given as an indication and may slightly differ from the measures mentioned by the manufacturers especially for contemporary watches. The photos are not retouched. Colors may differ from reality. For timepieces, we guarantee neither the functioning nor the precision of the movement, nor the water-resistance of the case. In addition, please note that movements, parts of mechanisms or cases may be incomplete. The lots are sold “as is”, described to the best of our knowledge and cannot be returned. Once the online bid is placed by the bidder, it cannot be cancelled.