Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...
New York, Jun 11, 2009
LOT 141
Minute Repeating, Swiss, case No. 16980. Made circa 1900. Very fine and rare, small, minute-repeating, 18K yellow gold keyless dress watch..
USD 4,500 - 6,500
EUR 3,400 - 5,000 / CHF 5,100 - 7,400
Sold: USD 5,640
C. Three-body, ?demi-bassine,? polished, hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with printed Breguet numerals, outer gold dot minute track with 5-minute Arabic markers, subsidiary seconds dial. Yellow gold Louis XVI hands. M. 13???, stamped with the Seal of Geneva quality mark, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 21 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a button on the crown. Diam. 33 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 |