Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong - Kong, Oct 09, 2010
LOT 431
Yellow Gold one of a kind Musical Automaton watch Hong Kong French, ?Hong Kong?. Made as a unique piece in the late 1990s. Extremely fine, unusual and unique, musical and automaton, 18K yellow gold and champlevé painted on enamel, self-winding, water-resistant wristwatch .
HKD 350,000 - 450,000
USD 45,000 - 60,000 / EUR 35,000 - 45,000
C. Two-body, brushed and polished, inclined bezel, protected winding crown concave lugs, button at 4 for activation of the music and automaton, transparent back with 4 screws, sapphire crystals. D. Inclined reserve with dot hour divisions, the center with polychrome painted on enamel on gold automaton scene of Hong Kong water front with two junks, one moving, flanked by two dragons moving their heads and one leg, gold Buddha to the foreground. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Cal. Lemania 8811, 22 mm., rhodium plated, fausses cotes decoration, 25 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating Breguet balance spring, shock absorber, micrometer regulator, sur-plateau musical movement playing on 9 tuned steel teeth in a single comb. Diam. 41.5 mm. Thickness 12.5 mm
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Grade: |
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Case: 2 |
Very good |
Movement: 2* |
Very good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 1-01 |
As new HANDS Original |
Notes
These watches represent the finest in French watchmaking of the late 1990s and showcase the talents of one of France's most renowned and respected watchmakers.