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The Ritz-carlton Hotel, Jun 06, 2004

LOT 327

Carl Jentsch, Glashütte, I/Sachsen, circa 1890. Very fine and very rare 18K gold hunting-cased keyless watch with chronograph.

HKD 75,000 - 95,000

EUR 8,000 - 10,000 / USD 9,500 - 12,000

C. Four-body, ?bassine et filets?, polished, gold hinged cuvette. D. White enamel, Roman numerals, outer minute ring, outermost chronograph division with five-seconds/minutes Arabic markers, subsidiary sunk seconds. Blued steel ?Spade? hands. M. 41 mm., frosted gilt half plate, 23 jewels, straight line Glashütte lever escapement with gold fork and escape wheel, cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold temperature and quarter screws, blued steel Breguet balance spring.Signed on dial and movement.Diam. 52 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

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

Notes

Made in the Glashütte tradition, it appears that the watch was made, possibly as a masterpiece, by a workman of the Jentsch-Eppner manufactory in Steglitz.