Important Collectors Wristwatches, P...
Geneva, Hotel Du Rhone, Apr 02, 2006
LOT 426
Henry Capt, Genève, No. 676, case no. 2894, circa 1820. Very fine and rare, 18K gold, quarter repeating musical watch with music playing on the hour or at will.
CHF 7,000 - 9,000
108 4,500 - 5,800
Sold: CHF 16,520
C. Three-body, Empire, engine-turned with ribbed band. Hinged gilt brass cuvette. D. Gold, champlevé, matte Arabic chapter ring, outer minute track, engine-turned center. Blued steel ?Breguet? hands. M. 51 mm, gilt brass full plate two-train movement with cylindrical pillars, cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, small gilt brass bridge cock, repeating on gongs by depressing the pendant. Musical train with pin-barrel and six stacked steel teeth. Signed on the gilt brass dust rim, numbered on the pillar plate, case punched with casemaker?s mark FM. Diam. 58 mm. To be sold without reserve
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |