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Geneva, Nov 11, 2007
LOT 79
Grande Sonnerie and Trip Minute-Repeater Ami Sandoz & Fils, Genève, No. 82513. Made circa 1910. Very fine and very rare, trip minute-repeating, 18K yellow gold, keyless, two-train, Grande Sonnerie clockwatch.
CHF 26,000 - 36,000
EUR 16,000 - 22,000 / USD 22,000 - 30,000
Sold: CHF 49,560
C. Four-body, ?bassine et filet?, polished, strike/silent lever under the bezel. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, Arabic five-minute numerals, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel spade hands. M. 44 mm., 19 1/2???, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 29 jewels, twotrain with tandem winding, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, striking and repeating with two hammers on two gongs, the repeating activated by a button in the crown. Dial signed. Diam. 55 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3-16-29* |
Good Rusted Lacking elements Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Notes
The firm was active from the early 19th century and won a silver medal for horology at the Paris Universal Exhibition in 1878.