Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Jun 25, 2010
LOT 128
Minute-Repeater Swiss, ?Repetition a Minutes?, No. 1208. Made circa 1900. Fine and rare, keyless, minute-repeating, hunting-cased 18K yellow gold pocket watch.
HKD 23,000 - 30,000
USD 3,000 - 3,800 / EUR 2,500 - 3,200
Sold: HKD 46,800
C. Four-body, ?bassine et filet?, polished, the front cover with an engraved foliate monogram ?MB? beneath a coronet. Hinged gold cuvette with engine-turned border, glazed gold-rimmed cover over the movement. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and Arabic five-minute numerals, subsidiary seconds dial. Gold Louis XV hands. M. Cal. 19???, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 31 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Diam. 53 mm
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: A |
Good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |