Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Feb 26, 2012
LOT 81
C. H. MEYLAN MINUTE-REPEATING SPLIT-SECONDS CHRONOGRAPH C. H. Meylan, Brassus, Swiss, No. 5664. Made circa 1890. Very fine and rare, keyless, 18K yellow gold minute-repeating pocket watch with split-seconds chronograph.
HKD 120,000 - 150,000
USD 15,000 - 20,000 / EUR 12,000 - 15,000
Sold: HKD 150,000
C. Four-body, bassine et fi lets, solid, polished, hinged gold cuvette, the case back with applied yellow gold ?HHB.? D. White enamel with printed Breguet numerals, outer minute and chronograph divisions with 5-minute red Arabic markers, sunk subsidiary seconds dial and 30-minute register. Blued steel spade hands. M. 39 mm, fausses cotes decoration, 26 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, repeating on gongs with hammers. Dial and movement signed, case numbered. Diam. 50 mm. Thickness 14 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3-8 |
Good Slightly scratched |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |