Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, May 10, 2020
LOT 231
A. Lugrin & Cie – Lémania - Pocket watch, chronograph, minute recorder; 18K yellow gold
HKD 19,500 - 23,400
USD 2,500 - 3,000 / EUR 2,300 - 2,800 / CHF 2,500 - 3,000
18K yellow gold, hunting-case, keyless-winding, round-shaped, pocket watch, with subsidiary seconds at 9 and two horological complications: • 1/5 second chronograph (activated by the single olive-shaped push-piece located on the case-band at 12 o’clock) • Half-instantaneous 30-minute recorder (subsidiary dial at 3 o’clock). Inside case-back engraved in taille-douce (fine-cut) “Bernard Broggi / Delémont”. White enamel dial with suspended “Breguet” numerals; yellow gold “Pear” hands. 18’’’, gilded brass, going barrel, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensated balance and blued steel hairspring with terminal curve, index regulator; chronograph work on the top plate.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3 * |
|
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Brand Lémania, L’Orient-de-l’Orbe (Vallée de Joux) and La Chaux-de-Fonds
Model made for the Société Horlogère, Basel
Year circa 1910-1920
Movement No. 102 751
Case No. 90 145
Material 18K yellow gold
Diameter 51.9 mm.
Caliber 18’’’, lever escapement
Signature cuvette (dome)