Online Christmas Auction
Hong Kong, Dec 11, 2019
LOT 159
A. Lugrin & Cie – Lémania - Pocket-watch movement with patented minute-repeater; gilded brass
HKD 12,000 - 14,400
EUR 1,450 - 1,750 / USD 1,550 - 1,850 / CHF 1,550 - 1,850
Gilded brass, open-face, keyless-winding, round-shaped, pocket watch movement in a later working case, with one horological complication: • Minute-repeater on two steel gongs (activated by the slide at 4 o’clock)
| Grading System | |
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Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3-8-27 |
Good Slightly scratched Custom-made |
Movement: 3 * |
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Dial: 3-27-04 |
Good Custom-made HANDS Later |
Brand Lémania, L’Orient-de-l’Orbe (Vallée de Joux)
Year circa 1890-1900
Movement No. unnumbered
Case No. unnumbered
Material gilded brass
Diameter 55 mm.
Caliber 19’’’, lever escapement
Signature movement
Accessories copy of the invention patent
Notes
Movement based on the Swiss invention patent No. 782, delivered on April 5, 1889, to Alfred Lugrin, L’Orient-de-l’Orbe (Vallée de Joux), for a “Mécansime de montre à repetition à minutes, système simplifié et perfectionné” (Minute-repeater watch mechanism, simplified and improved system).
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Provenance
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Provenance
Antiquorum, Geneva, auction, November 13, 2010, lot 402, Estimation: CHF 6 000.- / 8 000.-, with the mention: This watch was made by a student at the Technicum Le Locle horological school using the movement by Lugrin as the basis for building the watch.