Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 23, 2012

LOT 375

ANONYMOUS SWISS MINUTE REPEATER TRIPLE DATE CHRONOGRAPH Anonymous, Swiss, case No. 4368. Made circa 1905. Very fine, 18K yellow gold, hunting cased, keyless, minute-repeating pocket watch with triple date calendar, chronograph and moon phases.

C. Five body, solid, bassine, polished, hinged gold cuvette, inner exhibition back, front cover engraved with stylized monogram. D. White enamel with painted radial Roman numerals, outer minute and 1/5th second track with 5-second Arabic markers, subsidiary sunk dials for the seconds, the day of the week and the date, apertures for the months and the phases of the moon. Gold Louis XV hands. M. 21''', rhodium plated, 25 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs by activating slide in the band, chronograph activated by a push-button at 3. Unsigned, numbered in the case. Diam. 57 mm.