Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong - Kong, Oct 09, 2010
LOT 141
LeCoultre. Made in the 1960s. Fine and unusual, 8-day-going, keyless table clock with alarm and night/day indicator, designed as a candlestick. To be sold without reserve
HKD 7,500 - 15,000
USD 1,000 - 2,000 / EUR 750 - 1,500
Sold: HKD 17,500
C. Chrome in the shape of a candlestick, ?Clous de Paris? decoration on both rims. D. Silver, aperture for the alarm. Black painted Roman numerals. ?Louis XV? hands with rotating day and night indicator disk. M. Cal. 18???, nickel-plated, 13 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Dim. 14 cm. high.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3-10 |
Good Patinated |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |
Notes
Available in two different finishes (chrome, like the present
example, or brass-plated), it was also available with time
only, unlike the present example which features an alarm
and a night/day indicator. These are rarer and more difficult
to find.