Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Hotel Noga Hilton, Oct 16, 2005

LOT 248

Japy, Beaucourt, No. 678, case No. 1252. Made circa 1820. Very fine 18K gold pocket watch with quarter-repeat.

CHF 1,500 - 2,000

EUR 1,000 - 1,300 / USD 1,200 - 1,600

Sold: CHF 2,760

C. Four-body, "Empire", by ?SNS?, engine-turned, faceted band, gilt hinged cuvette. D. White enamel with Breguet numerals and outer minute track. Blued steel ?Breguet? hands. M. 23???, gilt brass, full plate, fusee and chain, verge escapement, under-sprung three-arm balance with flat balance spring, repeating on gongs by depressing the pendant. Numbered on the movement, signed under the dial, case punched with the maker's mark. Diam. 55 mm.


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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