Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Oct 27, 2019
LOT 416
JEANNERET & KOCHER AND LECOULTRE & CO. LARGE POCKET CHRONO- METER, MINUTE-REPEATER, CHRONOGRAPH, PERPETUAL CALENDAR, LEAP-YEAR, MOON PHASES; 18K YELLOW GOLD
HKD 160,000 - 200,000
CHF 20,000 - 25,000 / USD 20,150 - 25,200
Sold: HKD 190,000
18K yellow gold, hunting-case, keyless-winding, round-shaped, large pocket chronometer, with subsidiary seconds at 6 and eight horological complications: • Minute-repeater on two steel gongs (activated by the slide at 6 o’clock) • 1/5 second chronograph (activated by the single olive push-piece located on the case-band at 12 o’clock) • Half-instantaneous perpetual calendar • Date of the month (subsidiary dial at 3 o’clock) • Day of the week (subsidiary dial at 9 o’clock; indications given in English) • Month of the year (subsidiary dial at 12 o’clock; indications given in English) • Four-year cycle of leap-years (subsidiary dial at 12 o’clock) • Phases of the moon (aperture at 6 o’clock) Cover and case-back polished.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Brand Jeanneret & Kocher, La Chaux-de-Fonds
Year Circa 1893-1896
Movement No. 1 083
Calibre 20’’’, based on LeCoultre & Co., Le Sentier (Vallée de Joux) 19 / 20 RMCSQ (from 1892), lever escapement
Case No. 1 083
Diameter 58.5 mm.
Signature cuvette (dome; by the maker) and movement (by the manufacture)
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