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Geneva, Nov 08, 2026

LOT 357

LE PHARE, SWITZERLAND, (C. BARBEZAT-BAILLOT) MINUTE REPEATER, CHRONOGRAPH & PERPETUAL CALENDAR, 18K YELLOW GOLD

CHF 7,500 - 13,000

HKD 71,000 - 124,000 / USD 9,000 - 15,800 / EUR 8,000 - 14,000 / JPY 1,430,000 - 2,490,000

TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

Sold: CHF 16,380

A very fine, rare and large, 18k yellow gold, manual wind hunting-case, keyless-winding pocket watch with minute repeater, perpetual calendar, moon phases and chronograph with instantaneous 30-minute register. Button at 4 o’clock for starting, stopping and returning the chronograph to zero. Hinged gold cuvette engraved with the date and technical details. White enamel dial with Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions and an outermost chronograph track divided into fifths, with five-minute/second Arabic markers. Four subsidiary sunk dials for the days of the week, date, months and leap-year cycle, the latter concentric with the 30-minute register. Subsidiary seconds dial at 9 o’clock, concentric with the moon-phase aperture. Blued steel spade hands.

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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 2-8

Very good

Slightly scratched
Movement: 3*

Good

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

Good

ENAMEL AND VARIOUS TYPES OF DECORATION Hairlines

HANDS Original

Brand Le Phare, Switzerland

Year Circa 1931

Case No. 66950

Caliber 47 mm., rhodium-plated movement, 25 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with Breguet balance spring, silent “cross” centrifugal governor and index regulator. Repeating on gongs by depressing a push-button in the band at 6 o’clock.

Diameter 56 mm.

Weight 138 gr.

Signature Case

Accessories Accompanied by a fitted box