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Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, May 13, 2007
LOT 383
?Russian Market Minute Repeater? Paul Buhre, Supplier to the Russian Imperial Court, No. 4694. Made for the Russian market, circa 1900. Very fine and rare, minute-repeating, 18K gold and enamel hunting-cased keyless pocket watch.
CHF 5,500 - 7,500
EUR 3,500 - 4,700 / USD 4,500 - 6,000
Sold: CHF 17,700
C. Four-body, "bassine et filets", polished, the front with finely painted champleve enamel monogram in red and blue. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track with five-minute Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds. Gold "spade" hands. M. 43 mm (19'''), rhodium-plated, ?fausses cotes? decoration, 29 jewels, counterpoised straight line lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Dial, cuvette and movement signed in Cyrillic. Diam. 52 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 |