Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong - Kong, Oct 09, 2010

LOT 177

Commemoration of the Regicide of King Carlos I of Portugal (1863-1908) and His Heir The Prince Royal Luis Filipe on 1st February 1908. Swiss, case No. 4457567, retailed by Meridiano Club, Figueiredo & Co., Rio de Janeiro. Made circa 1908. Very fine and rare, large and heavy, 18K yellow gold, keyless pocket watch with cast medallion of King Carlos I and Prince Royal Luis Filipe of Portugal by Huguenin, to commemorate their regicide on 1st February, 1908.

HKD 35,000 - 50,000

USD 4,500 - 6,500 / EUR 3,500 - 5,000

Sold: HKD 42,500

C. Four-body, matte, the bezel cast with the motto ?Pela Lusitania Gloriosa?, foliate cast band, pendant and bow, the back cover set with a cast relief medallion of the three-quarter profiles of King Carlos I and Luis Filipe, around the border ?S.M.D. Carlos I, D. Luiz Philippe, 1o 1908 Fev.?. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with large Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions and Arabic five-minute numerals, subsidiary seconds, polychrome Portuguese Royal coat of arms below 12. Gold Louis XV hands. M. 19???, matte gilt, 15 jewels, straight-line lever escapment, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Cuvette signed by the retailer, case medallion signed Huguenin Dep. Diam. 55 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-73-01

Good

ENAMEL AND VARIOUS TYPES OF DECORATION Chipped under bezel,not visible when closed

HANDS Original

Notes

On 1 February 1908 Carlos I and his family were the victims of an attack by republican activists Alfredo Costa and Manuel Buiça. The two assassins were killed on the spot by police and bodyguards. The king died immediately, Prince Luís Filipe was mortally wounded, Prince Manuel was struck in the arm, and only the Queen escaped injury. Several days later, after the death of the Prince Royal Luis Filipe, Prince Manuel was proclaimed King of Portugal. He was the last of the Braganza-Saxe-Coburg and Gotha dynasty and the last king of Portugal.