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The Furama Hotel Hong Kong, Victoriana Room, Jun 05, 2000
LOT 294
Verneuil Aîné à Paris, No. 510, circa 1820.Very fine and rare 18K gold, quarter repeating Grande and Petite Sonnerie clock watch.
HKD 96,000 - 112,000
USD 12,000 - 14,000
Sold: HKD 115,000
C. Three-body, ?Empire? polished with reeded band, by Joly (Master mark) No. 1816. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with Breguet numerals. Blued-steel Breguet hands. M. Gilt brass double trains with going barrels, Breguet overhanging ruby cylinder escapement, plain gold three-arm balance, flat balance spring with regulator. Grande and Petite Sonnerie striking with selection levers on the movement, repeating on gongs with button on the pendant.Signed on the dial and cuvetteDiam. 58 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: * 4 |
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Dial: 4 - 13 - 01 |
Notes
The striking train of this watch is fitted with a regulator based on the same principal as the stackfreed used in place of the fusee on the going train of the early German watches, in order to pull down the mainspring when fully wound and release it progressively as it goes down.