Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, Jun 28, 2020
JEAN-ANTOINE LÉPINE
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.
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)
TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE
Grading System | |
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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 |