Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Nov 08, 2014

LOT 234

JAMES PICARD GRANDE & PETITE SONNERIE MINUTE REPEATER YELLOW GOLD James Picard, Geneva, case No. 10474. Made circa 1880. Fine and rare, hunting-cased, keyless, 18K yellow gold clockwatch with grande and petite sonnerie striking and minute repeater.

CHF 2,000 - 4,000

HKD 16,000 - 33,000 / USD 2,100 - 4,300

TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

Sold: CHF 6,875

Four-body, bassine et filets, polished, reeded band. Hinged gold cuvette over a transparent gold-rimmed cover. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Blue steel Breguet hands. 43 mm. rhodium-plated, two-train with differential winding, 35 jewels, counterpoised straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, striking the hours and quarters on gongs with two hammers, Silence/Sonnerie selection lever on the edge of the bezel, repeating activated by a slide on the band.


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good
Case: 4-19

Fair

Dent(s)
Movement: 4-6-29-35**

Fair

Slightly oxidized

Lacking elements

To be restored

Repair required, at buyer's expense
Dial: 4-71-77-01

Fair

ENAMEL AND VARIOUS TYPES OF DECORATION Hairlines

ENAMEL AND VARIOUS TYPES OF DECORATION Restored soft enamel

HANDS Original

Notes

Dial signed. DIAM. 53 mm. To be sold without reserve