Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces.
Geneva, Nov 13, 2010
LOT 470
Swiss Minute-Repeating Pocket Watch Swiss, retailed by S. Silverthau & Sons, New Haven, Conn, ?Repetition a Minutes?, No. 20245. Made circa 1900. Fine, large, minute-repeating, 18K pink gold, hunting-cased keyless pocket watch.
CHF 5,500 - 8,000
USD 5,500 - 8,000 / EUR 4,000 - 6,000
C. Four-body, bassine et filets, polished. Hinged gold cuvette with engine-turned border, glazed gold-rimmed cover to view the movement. D. White enamel with Arabic numerals, outer minute track and outermost red Arabic five-minute numerals, subsidiary seconds. Gilt Louis XV hands. M. 20???, rhodium plated, 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. 56 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: A |
Good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |