Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, Mar 17, 2013
LOT 147
Cortello & Fils ? Grande & Petite Sonnerie Clockwatch Cortello & Fils à Genève. made circa 1850. Very fine and extremely rare, large, 18K gold, two-train, Grande and Petite sonnerie clockwatch.
CHF 8,000 - 12,000
USD 8,500 - 13,000 / EUR 6,500 - 10,000
Sold: CHF 10,625
C. Four-body, scroll and flower chased bezels, pendant and bow, engine-turned back, coin-edge band with selection lever for grande or petite sonnerie and another for silence. Hinged gold engine-turned and foliate engraved cuvette with champleve enamel inscription oft he technical details. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track. Gold Breguet hands. M. 47 mm., matte gilt, 10 jewels, two-train, standing barrel for the going train, cylinder escapement, plain three-arm balance, flat balance spring, index regulator, striking on two square-section polished steel gongs. Cuvette signed. Diam. 52.5 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 2 |
Very good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |