Importantes Montres de Collection
Geneva, May 15, 2011
Minute-Repeating, Calendar, Moon Phase & Chronograph Attributed to C. Barbezat-Baillot, Locle, case No. 203265. The case with London import marks for 1908-9. Fine, large, hunting-cased, keyless, minute-repeating, 18K gold pocket watch with triple date calendar, moon phase, lunar calendar and chronograph.
C. Four-body, ?bassine?, polished. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and outermost fifths of a second divisions, subsidiary dials for the date, days of the week, months and seconds, aperture for the moon phases. Blued steel spade hands. M. 49 mm., frosted gilt, 19 jewels, straight line lever escapement, notched bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, centrifugal governor, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Case numbered. Diam. 57 mm.
Grading System | |
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Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-71-01 |
Good ENAMEL AND VARIOUS TYPES OF DECORATION Hairlines HANDS Original |