Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Jun 25, 2010
LOT 127
Swiss Minute-Repeater Swiss, No. 1619. Made circa 1910. Very fine, 18K pink gold, minute-repeating, hunting-cased, keyless pocket watch.
HKD 20,000 - 35,000
USD 2,600 - 4,500 / EUR 2,000 - 3,700
Sold: HKD 61,200
C. Four-body, bassine, polished. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and Arabic five minute numerals, subsidiary seconds dial. Gold Louis hands. M. 19???, rhodium plated, fausses cotes decoration, 29 jewels, counterpoised straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with peripheral temperature and meantime adjustment screws, blued steel Breguet balance spring with overcoil, index regulator, repeating on gongs with two polished hammers, activated by a slide on the band. Diam. 52 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 2 |
Very good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |