Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Jun 25, 2010
LOT 358
Touchon & Co. Minute-Repeater Touchon & Co., Genève, No. 131053. Made circa 1910. Very fine and rare, keyless, minute-repeating, 14K yellow gold and enamel pocket watch with adjusted movement.
HKD 23,000 - 30,000
USD 3,000 - 4,000 / EUR 2,500 - 3,200
Sold: HKD 43,200
C. Four-body, ?demi-bassine?, polished, semi-concealed hinge, the back cover with an applied champlevé enameled plaque with ?Methodist? on a blue banner, a red cross below flanked by initials SS and a crown on a white ground. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with black fancy Arabic numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds dial. Gold Louis XV hands. M. Cal. 18???, ?Adjusted?, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 29 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 46.5 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Notes
The Methodist revival began in England in the 18th century as a movement within the Church of England, focusing on Bible studies and a methodical approach to scriptures and Christian life. Today Methodism includes a number of denominations and organizations, and its members the world over number approximately 70 million.