Important Collectors Watches, Pocket...
Geneva, Oct 14, 2007
LOT 341
?Minute-Repeater Chronograph? Swiss, ?Repetition à Quarts & Minutes, Seconde Chronographe?, No. 2863. Made for the Hispanic market, circa 1888. Very fine, large, minute-repeating, hunting-cased, keyless, 18K gold pocket watch with chronograph.
CHF 1,700 - 2,200
EUR 1,000 - 1,300 / USD 1,400 - 1,800
Sold: CHF 5,900
C. Four-body, "pomme et filet", solid, polished, the back cover with engraved dedication. Hinged gold cuvette engraved with the technical details, glazed gold-rimmed cover to view the movement. D. White enamel threepiece, with painted radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, fifth of a second chronograph divisions calibrated t0 300 units, subsidiary seconds dial. Blued steel "Breguet" hands. M. Cal. 20???, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 31 jewels, counterpoised straight-line 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. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 57 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 |