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Geneva, Nov 11, 2007
LOT 172
Minute-Repeater Vulcain, No. 27691, the movement by Volta (Maurice Ditisheim, La Chaux-de-Fonds). Made for the Chinese market circa 1910. Fine, thin, minute-repeating, 14K gold and polychrome enamel, pearl-set, hunting-cased, keyless dress watch.
CHF 10,000 - 12,000
EUR 6,500 - 7,000 / USD 8,000 - 10,000
Sold: CHF 16,520
C. Four-body, bassine et filets, both covers decorated in translucent Imperial blue enamel over wavy-line engineturning, the front painted with a portrait of a young lady, the back cover decorated with a flower bouquet, pearl-set bezels. Hinged gold cuvette. D. Silvered, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel spade hands. M. 39 mm., 17???, rhodium-plated, 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 and case signed Vulcain, cuvette ?VOLTA? (Ditisheim?s trademark registered in 1896). Diam. 47 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: A |
Good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-6-01 |
Good Slightly oxidized HANDS Original |