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Geneva, Nov 08, 2026

LOT 302

LEPIN FECIT, SWITZERLAND, HUNTING CASED POCKET WITH VIRGULE ESCAPEMENT, THREE-COLOUR GOLD, SET WITH PEARLS AND TURQUOISE

CHF 3,800 - 7,500

HKD 35,300 - 71,000 / USD 4,500 - 9,000 / EUR 4,000 - 8,000 / JPY 720,000 - 1,430,000

TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

Sold: CHF 4,788

A very fine, small and very rare, vari-coloured gold, pearl- and turquoise-set hunting-case, key-winding pocket watch, profusely decorated with applied yellow, green and rose gold floral and foliate motifs, set with pearls and turquoises; the band and bow similarly decorated. Gold engine-turned dial with radial Roman numerals on polished reserves and outer minute track. Blued steel hands.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3-6*

Good

Slightly oxidized

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Brand LEPIN FECIT, Switzerland

Year Circa 1825

Case No. 1598

Caliber 23 mm., Lépine calibre, standing barrel and wolf’s-tooth wheel train, virgule escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, blued steel flat balance spring and index regulator.

Diameter 31 mm.

Weight 30 gr.

Signature Case

Accessories Original box and original gold key with ruby and turquoise