Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, Jun 28, 2020
LOT 100
JEAN-ANTOINE LÉPINE
CHF 3,000 - 5,000
HKD 24,000 - 40,000 / USD 3,000 - 5,000TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE
Sold: CHF 3,250
Pocket watch, dumb quarter-repeater, virgule escapement, wolf's tooth trains; case with concealed hinges and special opening mechanism; yellow gold. Yellow gold (probably 20K), open-face, key-winding, round-shaped, pocket watch, with wolf's tooth trains (including pinions), and one horological complication: Quarter-repeater à toc by one large hammer (activated by depressing the pendant) Two-piece case “à charnières perdues” with fixed bezel, concealed hinges and special opening mechanism. White enamel dial with suspended Arabic numeral; yellow gold “Fleurde- Lys” hands.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-24-71-01 |
Good Slightly chipped ENAMEL AND VARIOUS TYPES OF DECORATION Hairlines HANDS Original |
Brand Jean-Antoine Lepine, Paris
Year Circa 1787
Movement No. 5627
Case No. 745 (by Guillaume Mermillod, Paris)
Caliber 20''', gilded brass, free-standing going barrel, virgule escapement (brass wheel), monometallic balance with three special shaped arms (gilded brass) and blued steel flat hairspring
Dimensions 50.8 mm.
Signature Dial and Cuvette (dome)