Important Collectors Wristwatches, P...
Geneva, Nov 16, 2008
LOT 489
Spring Detent Chronometer French, Royal Exchange, London, No. 5628. The case with London hallmarks for 1822-1823. Extremely fine, large, 18K gold pocket chronometer with spring detent escapement.
CHF 9,000 - 11,000
USD 8,500 - 10,000 / EUR 5,700 - 7,000
C. Four-body, ?bassine et filet?, engine-turned ?grains d?orge?, polished bezel and border, reeded band. Hinged gold cuvette. D. Engine-turned silver, applied radial gold Roman numerals, outer dot minute divisions, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel Breguet hands.M. 46 mm., matte gilt, three-quarter plate with detachable foliate engraved plate for the barrel, cylindrical pillars, third, fourth and escapement pivots with jewels in screwed gold chatons, fusee and chain, Harrison?s maintaining power, Earnshaw-type spring footed-detent escapement with brass escape wheel, free-sprung two-arm bimetallic compensation balance with wedge-shaped brass weights and mean time adjustment screws, blued steel helical balance spring with terminal curves, diamond endstone. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 60 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-9-01 |
Good Scratched HANDS Original |