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Geneva, Mar 16, 2008
LOT 113
Minute-Repeater & Split-Seconds Chronograph LeCoultre & Co., Geneva. Made for the American market, circa 1900. Very fine and rare, 18K rose gold, huntingcased, minute-repeating keyless pocket watch with split-seconds chronograph.
CHF 6,500 - 8,000
USD 6,000 - 7,200 / EUR 4,000 - 5,000
Sold: CHF 10,320
C. Four-body, "bassine et filets", engineturned, polished borders. Hinged gold cuvette, glazed gold-rimmed cover to view the movement. D. White enamel, radial Arabic numerals, outer minute track and redpainted Arabic five minutes/seconds numerals, outermost seconds divided into fifths, subsidiary seconds. Gold Louis XV hands. M. 19???, ?adjusted?, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 36 jewels, wolf?s tooth winding, counterpoised straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 53 mm. Property of a European Gentleman
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3-15 |
Good Slightly rusted |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |