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Geneva, Sep 22, 2021

LOT 108

Jules Jacot-Houriet
Large pocket watch, quarter-repeater, chronograph, triple date, moon phases; 14K pink gold

CHF 1,000 - 2,000

EUR 950 - 1,850 / USD 1,100 - 2,200 / HKD 8,600 - 17,100

TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

Sold: CHF 4,000

14K pink gold, hunting-case, keyless-winding, round-shaped, large pocket watch, with subsidiary seconds at 6 and six horological complications:
· Quarter-repeater on two steel gongs by two hammers (activated by the slide located on the case-band at 6 o’clock)
· 1/5 second chronograph (activated by the single olive-shaped push-piece located on the case-band at 12 o’clock)
· Half-instantaneous date of the month (subsidiary dial at 12 o’clock)
· Day of the week (subsidiary dial at 9 o’clock; indications given in English)
· Month of the year (subsidiary dial at 3 o’clock; indications given in English)
· Phases of the moon (aperture at 6 o’clock)

Cover and case-back polished. Case-back engraved in taille-douce (fine cut) with the cypher “J L G” (?).

White enamel dial with suspended Arabic numerals; pink gold “Louis XV” hands.

Movement 21’’’, gilded brass, going barrel, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensated balance (rim cut perpendicular to the arms) with gold poising screws and Palladium hairspring with terminal curve, polished steel index-regulator; repeater work on the main plate, under the dial; chronograph work on the top plate.


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-71-01

Good

ENAMEL AND VARIOUS TYPES OF DECORATION Hairlines

HANDS Original

Brand Jules Jacot-Houriet, Le Locle

Year circa 1895

Movement No. unnumbered

Case No. 270 204

Material 14K pink gold

Diameter 58.3 mm.

Caliber 21’’’, straight-line lever escapement

Weight 128.6 gr. (approx.)

Accessories copies of the invention patents

Notes

Movement based on the Swiss invention patent No. 8 527, delivered on May 1st, 1894, to Jules Jacot-Houriet, Le Locle, for a “Platine pour montres répétitions avec ou sans complications” (Main-plate for repeater watches with or without complications), thus making it possible to build a movement with minute-repeater, five-minute-repeater or quarter-repeater.

Movement based on the Swiss invention patent No. 10 508, delivered on July 17, 1895, to Jules Jacot-Houriet, Le Locle, for a “Crémaillère à poussoir pour montres à répétition” (Push-piece rack for repeating watches).

CONDITIONS AND INFORMATION FOR BUYERS

The purchase price payable by a buyer will be the sum of the final bid price plus the buyer’s premium, together with any applicable sales or compensating use tax. In addition to the hammer price, the buyer’s premium is payable as follows: 25% of the hammer price on each lot.

Important notice – Special conditions Please look carefully at all the photos as they are an integral part of the description. Any defect not mentioned in the descriptions but visible on the photos will be considered as described and cannot lead to any claim. The dimensions are given as an indication and may slightly differ from the measures mentioned by the manufacturers especially for contemporary watches. The photos are not retouched. Colors may differ from reality. For timepieces, we guarantee neither the functioning nor the precision of the movement, nor the water-resistance of the case. In addition, please note that movements, parts of mechanisms or cases may be incomplete. The lots are sold “as is”, described to the best of our knowledge and cannot be returned. Once the online bid is placed by the bidder, it cannot be cancelled.