Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, Mar 27, 2011
LOT 328
Swiss - Quarter Repeater & Independent Stop-Seconds Swiss, No. 15063. Made circa 1880. Fine and rare, quarter-repeating, two-train, 18K yellow gold, hunting-cased pocket watch with independent stop-dead seconds.
CHF 5,500 - 7,500
USD 5,500 - 7,500 / EUR 4,300 - 5,800
C. Four-body, "bassine et filets", polished, button at 12 for the stop-seconds. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track with Arabic numerals at 5 minute intervals, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel spade hands. M. 19''', rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 40 jewels, two-train with tandem winding, counterpoised straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring with overcoil, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Case numbered. Diam. 53 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3-8* |
Good Slightly scratched Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |