Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces
Hog Kong, Feb 26, 2011
LOT 410
Gold & Pearls Attributed to LeCoultre, Swiss, No. 13514. Made for the Bohm Bristol Co., Denver, Colorado, circa 1900. Very fine, 18K gold and pearl-set pendant watch with matching brooch designed as a pair of doves. To be sold without reserve
HKD 25,000 - 40,000
USD 3,000 - 5,000 / EUR 2,500 - 4,000
Sold: HKD 37,500
C. Four-body, "bassine", entirely set with half-pearls. Hinged gold cuvette. Brooch formed by two pearl-set doves in flight. D. White enamel, Arabic numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Gold spade hands. M. 22 mm (10'''), rhodium-plated, 15 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with Breguet balance spring, LeCoultre patented click mechanism (Swiss patent 9321 of Dec 4, 1894). Cuvette signed by the retailer. Diam. 28 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: A |
Good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |