Important Collectors Wristwatches, Po...
Geneva, Nov 14, 2009
LOT 236
Grande & Petite Sonnerie Clockwatch Geo. Oram & Son, 19 Wilmington Square, London, No. 19/517, the movement attributed to Louis Audemars. Made circa 1890, the case with London hallmarks for 1914- 1915. Very fine and extremely rare, large and heavy, trip minuterepeating, 18K yellow gold, keyless, hunting cased, two-train clockwatch with Grande and Petite Sonnerie striking, Willis dial and thief-proof bow.
CHF 20,000 - 30,000
USD 20,000 - 30,000 / EUR 14,000 - 20,000
Sold: CHF 28,800
C. Four-body, massive, "pomme et filets", by JW & Co. & Frederick Thoms, (master marks), polished, spring loaded front cover, protected hand-setting button, thief-proof swivel bow. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel by Willis, inscribed ?EVF, 1904?, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel spade hands. M. 20???, frosted gilt, 3/4-plate, twotrain with differential winding beneath the dial, jewelled to the third wheel with screwed gold chatons, lateral counterpoised lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with gold temperature adjustment screws, double-over-coiled blued steel Breguet balance spring, diamond endstone, index regulator, striking on gongs and repeating activated by a trip-slide on the band, Silent/Strike and Quarters/Full Strike selection levers on the edge of the bezel. Movement signed. Diam. 58 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 2 |
Very good |
Movement: 2* |
Very good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |
Notes
Grande Sonnerie Striking: both the hours and the quarters are struck at each quarter.
Petite Sonnerie Striking: "ting-tang" quarters are struck at the quarter hours, but in which the hour is only struck at the hour.