Important Collectors Wristwatches, P...
Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Oct 15, 2006
LOT 318
?Minute-Repeating Chronograph? Willy Poppitz, Swiss-made, No. 65548. Made circa 1915. Fine, large, minute-repeating silver pocket watch with chronograph and register.
CHF 3,000 - 4,000
EUR 1,900 - 2,500 / USD 2,500 - 3,300
C. Four-body, ?bassine?, polished, chronograph button in the crown. Silver cuvette, glazed silver-rimmed cover to view the movement. D. White enamel, Breguet numerals, outer minute track, outermost fifths of a second divisions and Arabic five minute/second numerals, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute recording dials. Gold ?Louis XVI? hands. M. 19???, rhodiumplated ?fausses côtes? decoration, 28 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on two gongs activated by a slide in the band, centrifugal governor. Dial signed. Diam. 60 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |