Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...
Hong Kong, Jun 27, 2009
LOT 115
Minute Repeating Grande & Petite Sonnerie Clockwatch Invar (Achille Hirsch), La Chaux-de-Fonds, case No. 77739. Made circa 1905. Very fine and very rare, minute-repeating, grande and petite sonnerie striking, two-train, 18K yellow gold, hunting cased keyless clockwatch.
HKD 45,000 - 60,000
USD 6,500 - 8,500 / EUR 4,500 - 6,000
Sold: HKD 90,000
C. Four-body, ?bassine?, solid, polished, the front cover engraved with a foliate monogram. Hinged gold cuvette engraved with the technical details, glazed gold-rimmed cover to view the movement. D. Three-piece white enamel with bold Arabic numerals, outer minute, subsidiary seconds dial. Blued steel spade hands. M. Cal. 20???, frosted gilt, 31 jewels, two-train with tandem winding, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, striking and repeating on gongs, the repeating activated by a push-button in the band, grande sonnerie/petite sonnerie/silence lever on the edge of the bezel. Dial and movement signed, case numbered. Diam. 55 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Notes
Grande Sonnerie Striking: in which both the hours and the quarters are struck at each quarter.
Petite Sonnerie Striking: in which "ting-tang" quarters are struck at the quarter hours, but in which the hour is only struck at the hour.