Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, May 13, 2012
LOT 51
RECORD WATCH CO. RETROGRADE SECTOR WATCH Record Watch Co. S.A., Tramelan, ?Sector Watch?, Swiss patent No. 27961, registered on April 9, 1903 by Giovanni Sgherlino, Turin. Fine and highly unusual, fan-shaped, keyless, silver pocket watch with retrograde hours and minutes.
CHF 3,000 - 5,000
USD 3,300 - 5,500 / EUR 2,500 - 4,000
Sold: CHF 5,250
C. Four-body, fan-shaped, polished, winding crown with scroll shoulders, the back cover cast and chased with a kissing couple. Hinged silver cuvette. D. White enamel with Arabic numerals from 0 to 12, outer minute divisions, outermost black and red fi ve-minute numerals from 0 to 60 for the retrograde indication of the hours and minutes. Blued steel spade hands. M. Cal. 34 x 48.5 mm, fan-shaped, gilt brass, 15 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Dial and cuvette signed Sector Watch, movement signed Record Watch Co. Dim. 53 x 60 mm
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: A |
Good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-71 |
Good ENAMEL AND VARIOUS TYPES OF DECORATION Hairlines |