Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Nov 16, 2008

LOT 488

Quarter-Repeating H. Lepaute, a Paris, No. 1978. Made circa 1815-1820. Fine 18K gold quarter-repeating pocket watch.

CHF 7,000 - 9,000

USD 6,500 - 8,500 / EUR 4,500 - 5,700

C. Four-body, ?Empire?, No. 7927, polished back and bezels, reeded band, locking bolt for the repeat at 1. Gold cuvette. D.White enamel with dauphine numerals, outer minute divisions. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 47 mm., frosted gilt, standing barrel, lever escapement, three-arm brass balance, the balance, lever and escape wheel pivots jeweled, the top pivot with pare-chute, blued steel flat balance spring, blued steel index regulator with bimetallic temperature compensation curb, repeating with two polished steel hammers on two square-section gongs activated by depressing the pendant. Cuvette signed. Diam. 55 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-24-27-01

Good

Slightly chipped

Custom-made

HANDS Original

Notes

According to research by Adolphe Chapiro, this watch fits into the chronology of Lepaute?s production for the years 1815-1820. See: Les montres des Lepaute et la contribution de ces derniers à la mise au point de l?échappement à ancre, Adolphe Chapiro, Ancaha, No. 39, printemps 1984.