Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, May 13, 2012
LOT 330
AUGUSTE FAVRE MINUTE REPEATER CHRONOGRAPH Auguste Favre, Swiss, case No. 18057. Made circa 1910. Fine, 18K gold, hunting-cased, minute-repeating, keyless, pocket watch with chronograph and register.
CHF 5,000 - 7,000
USD 5,500 - 7,500 / EUR 4,000 - 5,800
Sold: CHF 5,875
C. Four-body, bassine, polished. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and outermost 1/5th seconds track with Arabic 25-second numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds and the 30-minute register. Gold spade hands. M. 43 mm, frosted gilt, 35 jewels, wolf?s tooth winding, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Case punched AF & Ce. Diam. 54 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: A |
Good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3-16* |
Good Rusted Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-15-01 |
Good Slightly rusted HANDS Original |