Important Collectors Wristwatches, P...
Geneva, Nov 16, 2008
LOT 205
Small Repetition a Minutes Montandon, Locle, No. 3795. Made for the Hispanic market, circa 1880. Fine, small, minute-repeating, 18K gold, hunting-cased, keyless pocket watch.
CHF 12,000 - 15,000
USD 11,000 - 14,000 / EUR 7,500 - 9,500
C. Four-body, ?bassine et filets? with floral, foliate and geometric chased decoration with cartouche on front cover with engraved monogram. Hinged gold cuvette with engine-turned border. D. Silver and gold with painted radial Roman numerals and subsidiary seconds, outer dot minute track, engraved and applied with a cast gold floral decoration. Black steel spade hands. M. 14???, rhodium plated, 29 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. Cuvette signed. Diam. 40 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 |
Notes
The cuvette of this watch is engraved ?Repetition a Quarts? but in fact this watch is a minute-repeater. Montandon
The Montandon firm, based in the Neuchâtel region, often produced watches for the Hispanic market, including South America. They made very high-quality watches, with excellent movements featuring many complications, and often with richly decorated, engraved cases.