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Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Apr 13, 2002

LOT 513

George Edward & Son, 19 Poultry, London & Glasgow, No. 7719, hallmarked 1874-75. Very fine and very rare 22K gold hunting-cased keyless minute-repeating watch with chronograph and regulator dial.

CHF 25,000 - 30,000

EUR 17,200 - 20,600 / USD 15,000 - 17,900

Sold: CHF 31,625

C. Four-body, solid, ?bassine et filets?, polished, gold hinged cuvette. D. White enamel, eccentric radial Roman hour chapter set at the pendant, central minutes with five-minute Arabic figures, outermost chronograph scale. M. 44 mm. (19 1/2???), frosted gilt three-quarter-plate, lateral English lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, Breguet balance spring, no motion train, the hours arte independent from the minutes, hours driven directly from the barrel arbor, minutes from the center wheel, Nicole Nielsen winding/setting system adopted to setting the unusual independent hands, Nicole Nielsen chronograph mechanism, repeating on gongs, slide on the band. Signed on dial and movement. Diam. 54 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-12-01

Good

Worn

HANDS Original

Notes

The watch has a number of unusual features, one of which was protected, as stated on the movement, by Patent No. 7719. The independent regulator dial can be found only in English watches and rather rarely. The early ones were set independently, the hour hand was set first and then the minute. In this case, Nicole Nielsen devised a system that can do it through the crown ? it involves creating motion work - like train set on the top of their standard system. Due to this the barrel must be designed differently and moved at least in one direction during setting. A split arbor was designed.