Important Collectors Wristwatches, P...
Hong Kong,the Ritz Carlton Hotel,harbour Room, 3rd Floor, Jun 02, 2007
LOT 121
Pink Gold ?Minute Repeater? Audemars Frères, Geneva, No. 33696. Made circa 1900. Very fine, thin, 18K pink gold, hunting-cased, keyless, minute-repeating pocket watch.
HKD 50,000 - 60,000
USD 6,500 - 8,000 / EUR 5,000 - 6,000
Sold: HKD 59,000
C. Four-body, "bassine", polished, the front cover with engraved monogram. Gold hinged cuvette. D.Three-piece, white enamel, Breguet numerals, outer minute track with outermost blue Arabic five minute numerals, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. 39 mm (17'''), rhodiumplated, ?fausses cotes? decoration, 31 jewels, some in screwed gold chatons, counterpoised straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 48 mm. Property of a Gentleman from Hong Kong
| 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 |