Important Collectors Wristwatches, P...
Hong Kong, Apr 23, 2006
LOT 357
?Répétition à Minutes - Chronographe? Swiss, No. 3226. Made circa 1890. Very fine, hunting-cased, keyless, minute-repeating, 18K pink gold pocket watch with single button chronograph.
HKD 30,000 - 40,000
USD 4,000 - 5,200 / EUR 3,200 - 4,300
Sold: HKD 64,900
C. Four-body, "bassine", polished, front cover with applied monogram ?AN? beneath a Vicomte?s coronet, the back cover engraved with a coat of arms and the mottoes ?Stirps Vera Nobilis Virtutum Opera? and ?Et Toi Auxy?. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and concentric 1/5th seconds chronograph divisions, Arabic five-second numerals, subsidiary seconds. Gold ?spade? hands. M. Cal. 19''', maillechort, 32 jewels, counterpoised straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, Breguet balance-spring, index regulator, chronograph button on the band, repeating on gongs activated by a slide in the band Diam. 53 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |