Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

New York, Jun 12, 2012

LOT 128

SWISS MINUTE REPEATER Swiss, No. 41349. Made circa 1890. Very fine, minute-repeating, 18K gold, hunting cased, keyless pocket watch.

USD 3,000 - 5,000

CHF 2,800 - 4,700 / EUR 2,300 - 4,000

Sold: USD 3,750

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.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3**

Good

Repair required, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original