Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 15, 2016

LOT 396

L. VRARD VERY SMALL CHRONOGRAPH MINUTE-REPEATER YELLOW GOLD L. Vrard & Co., Tientsin, No. 5652. Swiss made for the Chinese market circa 1900. Fine, small and extremely rare, hunting cased, keyless, minute-repeating, 18K gold pocket watch with chronograph.

CHF 3,000 - 5,000

HKD 24,000 - 40,000 / USD 3,100 - 5,200

Sold: CHF 14,375

Four-body,"bassine", engine-turned cover and case back, inside front cover with engraved chinese. Hinged gold cuvette. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and outermost seconds divided into fifths and calibrated to 300 units, subsidiary sunk seconds dial. Pink gold hands. 25 mm. rhodium plated, 15 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band, centrifugal governor.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent

Case: 2-8

Very good

Slightly scratched

Movement: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 1-01

As new

HANDS Original

Notes

Dial and cuvette signed. DIAM. 36 mm. THICKNESS 15 mm.