Important Collectors Watches, Pocket ...
New York, Oct 17, 2008
LOT 9
Minute Repeating & Chronograph E. Mathey, Swiss, No. 35778. Made circa 1910. Very fine, keyless, minute-repeating, 14K pink gold pocket watch with chronograph.
USD 2,500 - 3,500
EUR 1,800 - 2,500 / CHF 2,800 - 4,000
Sold: USD 2,640
C. Four-body, bassine, solid, polished, reeded band. Hinged gold cuvette with concentric guilloché decoration. D. Three-piece white enamel with Breguet numerals, outer minute track, outermost fifth of a second divisions with 5 minute/seconds red Arabic numerals, subsidiary dial for the seconds. Black steel spade hands. M. Rhodium plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance adjusted to 4 positions, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Dial, cuvette and movement signed. Diam. 52 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-23-01 |
Good Later HANDS Original |