Important Collectors Wristwatches, P...
Hong Kong,the Ritz Carlton Hotel,harbour Room, 3rd Floor, Jun 02, 2007
LOT 194
?Minute Repeater & Split-Seconds Chronograph ? Regulator Dial? Swiss. Made for the American market, circa 1880. Very fine and rare, minute-repeating, 18K yellow gold, keyless pocket watch with split-seconds chronograph and regulator dial.
HKD 60,000 - 70,000
USD 8,000 - 9,000 / EUR 6,000 - 7,000
C. Four-body, ?bassine et filet?, polished, bolt at 1 o?clock to lock the chronograph. Hinged goldrimmed glazed cuvette. D. Solid silver, regulatortype, small dial at 12 with radial Roman numerals for the hours, outer minute track with red champlevé enamel five-minute numerals, subsidiary seconds at 6. Blued steel ?double spade? hands. M. 43 mm., 19???, rhodium-plated, ?fausses cotes? decoration, 32 jewels, counterpoised straightline lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band, visible chronograph work. Diam. 52 mm. Property of a European Gentleman
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3-9 |
Good Scratched |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |