Importantes Montres de Collection

Geneva, Nov 13, 2011

LOT 19

LECOULTRE QUARTER REPEATER & PERPETUAL CALENDAR WATCH WITH SIX COMPLICATIONS LeCoultre & Co., No. 7070, retailed by J.B. Froitzheim, Köln. Made circa 1910. Extremely fine and rare, large, quarterrepeating, 18K gold, half-hunting cased keyless pocket watch with perpetual calendar, moon phases and lunar calendar.

CHF 3,700 - 5,000

USD 4,000 - 5,500 / EUR 3,000 - 4,000

Sold: CHF 15,000

C. Four-body, ?bassine?, heavy, polished, the front cover with radial black Roman numerals, inner minute track around the glazed aperture. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with Arabic numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary dials for the months, date, days of the week and seconds, aperture for the moon phases with lunar calendar on the edge. Blued steel spade hands. M. 20???, matte gilt, 29 jewels, wolf?s tooth winding, counterpoised straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Diam. 56.5 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent

Case: 2

Very good

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

Notes

The Complications
Days of the week Date Months Moon phases Perpetual calendar Quarter-repeating This watch is a very fi ne example of a quarter-repeater with perpetual calendar without leap year indication. It is in extremely good original condition.