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Hong Kong, Jun 08, 2008

LOT 126

Minute-Repeating and Split-Seconds Chronograph with Guillaume Balance Hausmann & Co., (Rome), No. 35790. Made circa 1910. Extremely fine and rare, heavy and large, minute-repeating, 18K yellow gold, hunting-cased, keyless pocket watch with split-seconds chronograph, instantaneous 30-minute register and "Extra" movement with Guillaume balance. Accompanied by the original Hausmann & Co., Roma fited box with hinged presentation stand and Hausmann & Co. certificate with envelope.

HKD 220,000 - 260,000

USD 30,000 - 35,000 / EUR 18,000 - 21,000

Sold: HKD 240,000

C. Four-body, "bassine", polished, rectangular buttons in the band for the chronograph and split-seconds. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with Breguet numerals, outer minute track, outermost fifths of a second divisions and Arabic five-second numerals, subsidiary dial for the seconds at 6 and the 30-minute register at 12. Yellow gold spade hands. M. 19''' frosted gilt, "Extra", 36 jewels, wolf's tooth winding, counterpoised straight-line lever escapement, anibal-brass Guillaume balance with gold and platinum temperature and meantime adjustment screws, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Dial and cuvette signed, case numbered, movement numbered on the dial plate. Diam. 56.6 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 2

Very good
Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

Notes

The present watch is of particularly high quality. The movement is inscribed "Extra", a feature found only on watches with a very high standard of finish, this watch also has a Guillaume balance, a very unusual feature in a watch with a repeating mechanism.
Hausmann &Co.
Founded in 1794 in Rome by a young German clockmaker Ernst Hausmann and his partner Hermann Frielingsdorf, Hausmann & Co. was located in the historical heart of the "eternal city" and was watchmaker to the Vatican. The firm attracts collectors worldwide with its elegant showrooms and famous technical assistance laboratory.