Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Hotel Noga Hilton, Oct 16, 2005

LOT 28

?Oval? Glaesner a Lyon, No. 1092. Made circa 1790. Fine and rare, silver, oval pocket watch with calendar and skeletonized movement.

CHF 13,000 - 16,000

EUR 8,000 - 11,000 / USD 10,000 - 13,000

C. Three-body, polished, oval, reeded band. D. White enamel, oval, radial Arabic numerals, outer minute track and Arabic five minute numerals, inner calendar ring. Gold fancy pierced hands. M. 46 x 39 mm., gilt brass with cylindrical pillars, skeletonized back plate pierced with scrolls and flowerheads, fusee and chain, verge escapement, three-arm brass balance, continental balance cock foliate pierced with the name Glaesner , index regulator. Dial and movement signed. Dim. 55 x 47 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 3-6

Good

Slightly oxidized

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-24-01

Good

Slightly chipped

HANDS Original

Notes

The watchmaker Glaesner worked in the Place du Theatre in Lyon.