Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Jun 25, 2011
LOT 428
LeCoultre - Minute Repeating & Chronograph Le-Coultre & Cie., No. 24275. Made circa 1900. Fine, large, hunting-cased, keyless, minute-repeating, 18K gold pocket watch with olive shaped button chronograph.
HKD 55,000 - 70,000
USD 7,000 - 9,000 / EUR 5,000 - 6,300
C. Four-body, ?bassine", solid, polished. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and outermost fifth of a second chronograph divisions, subsidiary sunk seconds dial. Gold spade hands. M. 22???, matte gilt, 31 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, visible chronograph mechanism, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Movement signed beneath the hour hammer. Diam. 58 mm
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |