Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces
Hog Kong, Feb 26, 2011
LOT 153
Paul Ditisheim Thin Minute Repeater Paul Ditisheim, La Chaux de Fonds, No. 45321. Made circa 1910. Very fine, thin and elegant, minute-repeating, open-face, 18K gold keyless dress watch.
HKD 25,000 - 40,000
USD 3,000 - 5,000 / EUR 2,500 - 4,000
Sold: HKD 93,750
C. Four-body, ?bassine?, polished, the back cover with blue enamel initals. Hinged gold cuvette with photo portrait. D. Matte silver, champlevé Breguet numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 17???, rhodium-plated, inscribed ?Grand Prix, Paris 1900?, 31 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, micrometer regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Dial and case signed. Diam. 48 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |