Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, Nov 13, 2016
LOT 394
A. LECOULTRE MINUTE REPEATER AND SPLIT-SECOND CHRONOGRAPH POCKET WATCH YELLOW GOLD A. LeCoultre, Geneva, No. 2586. Made for the American market, circa 1900. Very fine and rare, 18K yellow gold, hunting cased, minute- repeating keyless pocket watch with split-seconds chronograph.
CHF 7,000 - 9,000
HKD 56,000 - 72,000 / USD 7,300 - 9,400
Sold: CHF 16,250
Four-body, "bassine et filets". Hinged gold cuvette, glazed gold-rimmed cover to view the movement. White enamel, radial Arabic numerals, outer minute track and red painted Arabic five minutes/seconds numerals, outermost seconds divided into fifths, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel pear hands. 19''', rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 36 jewels, wolf's tooth winding, counterpoised straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 2-8 |
Very good Slightly scratched |
Movement: 2* |
Very good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |