Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...
Geneva, May 08, 2010
LOT 414
Swiss Thin Quarter-Repeating Watch Swiss, No. 4809. Made circa 1840. Fine, thin, quarter-repeating, 18K gold, hunting cased pocket watch with ruby cylinder escapement.
CHF 2,000 - 3,000
USD 1,900 - 2,900 / EUR 1,400 - 2,100
Sold: CHF 3,600
C. Four-body, bassine et filets, engine-turned and engraved with flowers and foliage, chased foliate bezels, pendant and bow, coin-edge band. Hinged gold cuvette. D. Silver, engine-turned, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, floral engraved center. Blued steel spade hands. M. 17???, matte gilt, jewelled to the third wheel, ruby cylinder escapement, three-arm flat-rim balance with pare-chute on the upper pivot, flat blued steel balance spring, bimetallic compensation curb on the index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by depressing a pull-and-twist piston in the pendant. Diam. 48 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-6-01 |
Good Slightly oxidized HANDS Original |