Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Nov 16, 2008

LOT 29

Cardinaux a Paris, No. 9116. Made circa 1810. Fine 18K gold pocket watch.

CHF 1,600 - 2,600

USD 1,500 - 2,400 / EUR 1,000 - 1,600

C. Three-body, ?Consular?, polished, flat band. D. White enamel with dauphine numerals, outer minute divisions and Arabic fifteenminute numerals, winding aperture at 2. Blued steel hands with skeletonized tips. M. 43 mm., frosted gilt full plate, conical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement with micrometric potence adjustment, three-arm brass balance, flat balance spring, pierced and engraved continental balance cock, polished steel endplate, silver regulation dial. Movement signed. Diam. 51 mm.


LOADING IMAGES
Click to full view
Image

Grading System
Grade: A

Good

Case: 3-8

Good

Slightly scratched

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

Cardinaux Recorded as working in the Boulevard Poissonniere in Paris between 1800 and 1830.