Important Collectors Wristwatches, P...
Geneva, Nov 16, 2008
LOT 479
Quarter-Repeating on Bell or a Toc Besancenet a Paris. Made circa 1800. Fine and rare, 18K gold pocket watch, quarter-repeating on a bell and with lever for a toc option.
CHF 3,200 - 4,200
USD 3,000 - 3,700 / EUR 2,000 - 2,600
C. Two-body, ?Directoire?, polished, engraved foliage around the band. Hinged and sprung gilt metal cuvette. D.White enamel with Arabic numerals, outer star minute divisions and Arabic fifteen-minute numerals, signature with gilt border. Gold Directoire hands.M. 40 mm., matte gilt, cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, threearm brass balance, flat balance spring, pierced and engraved foliate continental balance cock, polished steel endplate, silver regulation dial, repeating on a bell in the back of the case activated by depressing the pendant, slide for bell or a toc repeating selection under the bezel at 6 o?clock. Dial and cuvette signed. Diam. 54 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3-8 |
Good Slightly scratched |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 4-23-25-01 |
Fair Later Chipped HANDS Original |
Notes
Literature: LaMontre Française, Adolphe Chapiro, Les Editions de l?Amateur, 1991, pp. 342 & 343, figs. 702 & 703.