Only Online Auction
Geneva, Sep 22, 2021
LOT 85
International Watch Company, IWC
Pocket watch; 18K yellow gold
CHF 1,000 - 2,000
EUR 950 - 1,850 / USD 1,100 - 2,200 / HKD 8,600 - 17,100TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE
Sold: CHF 1,750
18K yellow gold, half hunting-case, keyless-winding, round-shaped, pocket watch, with subsidiary seconds at 6.
Cover and case-back polished; cover engraved with black enamelled radial Roman numerals; case-back engraved in taille-douce (fine cut) with the cypher “B.A.G.”.
White enamel dial with radial Roman numerals; blued steel “Pear” hands.
Movement 18’’’, ¾ plate, gilded brass, going barrel, 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.
Cover and case-back polished; cover engraved with black enamelled radial Roman numerals; case-back engraved in taille-douce (fine cut) with the cypher “B.A.G.”.
White enamel dial with radial Roman numerals; blued steel “Pear” hands.
Movement 18’’’, ¾ plate, gilded brass, going barrel, 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.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: A |
Good |
Brand International Watch Co., Schaffhausen / Schaffhouse
Year circa 1916
Movement No. 656 155
Case No. 111 605 (by “F.T”, London; with London letter-date for 1919)
Material 18K yellow gold
Diameter 49.8 mm.
Caliber “H 6 / Peerless”, 18’’’, straight-line lever escapement, stamped “S & Co” (Stauffer & Co., London and La Chaux-de-Fonds)
Weight 113.9 gr. (approx.)
Signature dial
Notes
Movement based on the Swiss invention patent No. 55 231, delivered on March 28, 1911, to Uhrenfabrik von J. Rauschenbach’s Erben, vormals International Watch Co., Schaffhausen, for a “Zifferblattbefestigungsvorrichtung” (Dial fixing device).
CONDITIONS AND INFORMATION FOR BUYERS
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