Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Jun 25, 2011
LOT 305
Leroy ? Split-Second Chronograph Bulletin de 1ere Classe L. Leroy & Cie, Paris, No. 21059. Made circa 1900. Fine and rare, silver, keyless pocket watch with splitseconds chronograph
HKD 27,000 - 45,000
USD 3,500 - 5,700 / EUR 2,500 - 4,000
C. Four-body, ?bassine?, polished, gold olive-shaped button at 1 o?clock for the split-seconds, start/stop of the chronograph activated by depressing the crown. Hinged silver cuvette with Bulletin de 1ere Classe engraving. D. White enamel, black Arabic numerals, outer minute track, outermost fifths of a second chronograph divisions, subsidiary seconds and 60-minutes counter. Black steel spade hands. M. 43 mm, matte gilt, 15 jewels, counterpoised straightline lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with gold screws, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Cuvette and dial signed. Diam. 56 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 |