Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, May 12, 2013
LOT 402
MINUTE REPEATER & CHRONOGRAPH YELLOW GOLD Attributed to Levrette Watch Co., La Chaux de Fonds, ?Répétition?, No. 35995. Made circa 1900. Fine, large, hunting-cased, keyless, minute-repeating, 18K gold pocket watch with chronograph.
CHF 2,200 - 4,200
HKD 18,000 - 35,000 / USD 2,300 - 4,500
Sold: CHF 2,750
C. Four-body, bassine, polished, button at 2 for the start/stop and return-to-zero functions of the chrongraph. Hinged gold cuvette engraved with prize medals. D. White enamel with Breguet numerals, outer minute track and outermost 1/5th of a second divisions, subsidiary seconds dial. Blued steel hands. M. 21???, frosted gilt, 15 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, centrifugal governor, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a push-button in the band. Case numbered. DIAM. 54 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: A |
Good |
Case: 3-19 |
Good Dent(s) |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |