Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces.
Geneva, Nov 13, 2010
LOT 102
Watch With 7 Complications Made in Switzerland for the English market, No. 16305, retailed by Boxell, Brighton. Made circa 1880. Fine and rare, large, minute-repeating, 18K yellow gold, keyless pocket watch with perpetual calendar, chronograph, moon phases and lunar calendar. Accompanied by a threetier mahogany box.
CHF 20,000 - 30,000
USD 20,000 - 30,000 / EUR 15,000 - 22,000
Sold: CHF 23,750
c. Four-body, ?bassine et filets?, polished, correctors in the band. Hinged gold cuvette engraved "Boxell Brighton" within a garter. d. White enamel with painted radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the days of the week, date, months with leap-year indication, aperture for the moon phases with lunar calendar at the edge. Gilt spade hands. m. 44 mm, (19???), frosted gilt, 31 jewels, calibrated and counterpoised straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide in the band. Cuvette signed by the retailer. Diam. 55 mm
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-24-71-01 |
Good Slightly chipped ENAMEL AND VARIOUS TYPES OF DECORATION Hairlines HANDS Original |