Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Jul 23, 2020
LOT 10
Jaeger-LeCoultre
Pocket watch, minute-repeater; 18K pink gold
Pocket watch, minute-repeater; 18K pink gold
HKD 28,000 - 36,000
CHF 3,500 - 4,500 / USD 3,700 - 4,800
18K pink gold, hunting-case, keyless-winding, round-shaped, pocket watch, with subsidiary seconds at 6 and one horological complication:
• Minute-repeater on two steel gongs by two hammers (activated by the slide located on the case-band at 6 o’clock)
Cover and case-back polished.
20’’’, gilded brass, going barrel, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensated balance with gold poising screws and blued steel hairspring with terminal curve, index regulator with swan-neck spring and micrometric screw; patented repeater work with silent centrifugal governor.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 2 |
Very good |
Movement: 2* |
Very good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |
Brand Jaeger-LeCoultre, Le Sentier (Vallée de Joux)
Year circa 1900
Movement No. 10 628
Case No. 21 928
Caliber 20’’’, lever escapement
Dimensions Ø 53.6 mm.
Accessories copies of the invention patents
Notes
Movement based on the Swiss invention patent No. 15 833, delivered on January 7, 1898, to Ditisheim & Cie, La Chaux-de-Fonds, for a “Frein-régulateur pour mécansime d’horlogerie”.