Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces
New York, Apr 10, 2013
LOT 76
AUDEMARS FRÈRES & CO. MINUTE REPEATER CHRONOGRAPH PINK GOLD Audemars Frères & Co, Geneve. Made in the 1890s. Very fine, hunting-cased, keyless, minute-repeating, 18K pink gold pocket watch with single button chronograph.
USD 2,000 - 3,000
HKD 15,000 - 23,000 / CHF 1,900 - 2,900
Sold: USD 4,625
C. Five-body, bassine et filets, solid, polished, gold hinged cuvette with medal engravings. D. White enamel with radial Arabic numerals, outer minute and 1/5th seconds graduation with 5-second Arabic markers, sunk subsidiary seconds dial. Blued steel spade hands. M. 40 mm, gilt brass, oeil-de-perdrix decoration, 25 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, chronograph mechanism, repeating on gongs by activating slide on the band. DIAM. 57 mm. Property from an American Collection
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |