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Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, May 13, 2007
LOT 381
?Split-Seconds - Minute Repeater? A. Nicolet, Swiss, No.13168. Made circa 1900. Fine and rare, keyless, minute-repeating, 18K pink gold pocket watch with split-seconds chronograph and 30-minute register.
CHF 13,000 - 16,000
EUR 8,000 - 10,000 / USD 11,000 - 13,000
C. Four-body, "demi-bassine", polished. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with painted Arabic numerals, outer minute and 1/5th seconds track, red painted Arabic 5 minute/seconds markers, subsidiary seconds dial, 30-minute register at 12. Black steel "spade" hands. M. Cal. 17???, maillechort, 30 jewels, counterpoised straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, wolf?s tooth winding, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 47 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-43-01 |
Good HANDS Original |