Geneva, Nov 07, 2021

LOT 282

LECOULTRE & CIE MINUTE REPEATER

CHF 3,500 - 5,500

HKD 29,500 - 46,400 / USD 3,800 - 6,000 / EUR 3,300 - 5,200

Sold: CHF 4,750

A very fine, 18K yellow gold, hunting-case, keyless-winding, roundshaped, pocket watch, with subsidiary seconds at 6. Swiss patent No 15833


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 3-8

Good

Slightly scratched

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Brand LeCoultre & Co.

Year Circa 1900

Case No. 15622

Diameter 53 mm

Caliber 19’’’, gilded brass, going barrel, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensated balance with gold poising screws and blued steel hairspring with terminal curve, polished steel index-regulator; repeater work on the main plate, under the dial, with silent centrifugal force governor to regulate the speed of the repetition mechanism.

Signature Movement

Notes

Movement based on the Swiss invention patent No. 15833, delivered on January 7, 1898, to Ditisheim & Cie, La Chaux-de-Fonds, for a “Freinrégulateur pour mécanisme d’horlogerie”.