Only Online Auction

Geneva, Jan 03, 2022

LOT 181

Leijona Watch Co.
Pocket watch, 24-hour dial; silver

CHF 470 - 940

EUR 450 - 900 / USD 510 - 1,020 / HKD 4,000 - 6,000

TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

Sold: CHF 475

Silver (0.800), open-face, keyless-winding, round-shaped, pocket watch, with 24-hour dial and subsidiary seconds at 6.

Case-back guilloché (engine-turned), with, in the centre, an escutcheon with the cypher “V H”.

White enamel dial, with radial Arabic numerals (1-24); gilded metal “Spade” hands.

Movement 18’’’, gilded brass, going barrel, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensated balance with poising screws and blued steel hairspring with terminal curve, polished steel index-regulator with swan-neck spring and micrometric screw.


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

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

Good

HANDS Original

Brand Leijona Watch Co., Finland

Model made in Switzerland

Year circa 1910-1920

Movement No. unnumbered

Case No. 56 794

Material silver (0.800)

Caliber 18’’’, lever escapement

Diameter 51.6 mm

Signature dial and case

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.