Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Oct 04, 2009

LOT 254

Five-Minute Repeating H. R. Ekegrén, Copenhagen, No. 18606. Made for J. E. Caldwell & Co., Philadelphia, circa 1880. Fine and unusual, five-minute repeating, keyless, 18K rose gold half-open faced pocket watch.

CHF 3,000 - 5,000

USD 2,800 - 4,700 / EUR 2,000 - 3,300

C. Four-body, ?bassine?, polished. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with dauphine numerals, outer minute divisions, gold painted Arabic five minute numerals, subsidiary seconds dial with gold painted Arabic numerals. Black spade hands. M. Cal. 17''', rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 25 jewels, counterpoised straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, patented swan-neck micrometer regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Dial and cuvette signed. Diam. 47 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3-8*

Good

Slightly scratched

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

Good

Slightly chipped

HANDS Original

Notes

Henri-Robert Ekegrén, (1823-1896) the son of Daniel Ekegrén, a Swedish watchmaker, he worked for Jules Jürgensenin in Le Locle, Winnerl in Paris, and Henri Golay in Geneva, where he arrived in 1847. In 1857 he formed a partnership with Ferdinand Westermann. At the 1867 Exhibition, he displayed thirty-six watches, winning a gold medal. Subsequent exhibitions - Vienna in 1873, Paris in 1875, Philadelphia in 1876, Paris again in 1878, and Zurich in 1883 - brought him and his collaborator Louis Chevalier further honors and recognition.