Exceptional horologic works of art

Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Oct 11, 2003

LOT 242

Labor Omnia Vincit Victor Kullberg, London, No. 9508, hallmarked 1931-32. Very fine and very rare 18K gold and enamel hunting-cased keyless five minute-repeating watch with chronograph with 30-minute register and with regulator dial.

CHF 12,000 - 16,000

EUR 7,800 - 10,400

Sold: CHF 12,650

C. Four-body, by master casemaker Frederick Thoms, ?pommes?, the front cover with champlevé enamel crest and motto ?Labor Omnia Vincit? (Labor overcomes all difficulties, monogrammed back, gold hinged cuvette, chronograph activation pushbutton at 12 o'clock. D. Off-white, small Roman hour chapter at 3 o'clock, central outer minute track, outermost chronograph track divided into fifths, minute register at 9 o'clock, subsidiary sunk seconds. Blued steel ?spade? hands. M. 43 mm, frosted gilt, half plate, jeweled to the center (20 jewels, lateral counterpoised lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold screws, freesprung Breguet balance spring, diamond endstone, repeating on gongs through activating slide in the band.Signed on dial and movement.Diam. 53 mm


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3 - 01

Notes

A rare watch on the account of its dial, complications and high finish. Kullberg was at the time considered the best chronometer maker in England. His chronometers won more prizes at the Greenwich Observatory timing contests than those of any other maker.r.