Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces
New York, Jun 12, 2012
SWISS MINUTE REPEATER Swiss, No. 41349. Made circa 1890. Very fine, minute-repeating, 18K gold, hunting cased, keyless pocket watch.
C. Four-body, bassine, polished, engine-turned case back and cover, front cover with engraved circular cartouche, hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with painted radial Roman numerals, outer minute ring with fi ve-minute Arabic markers, subsidiary sunk seconds dial. Gold Louis XV hands. M. 42 mm, nickel, 20 jewels some in gold screwed chatons, 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. Numbered on cuvette. Diam. 52 mm. Thickness 16 mm.
Grading System | |
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Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3** |
Good Repair required, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |