Important Watches, Collector's Wristw...

The Ritz-carlton Hotel, Jun 06, 2004

LOT 7

Attributable to Maurice Ditisheim, Chaux-de-Fonds, No. 12675, made for the Chinese market circa 1910. Fine gilt silver and painted on enamel pearl-set, hunting-cased, keyless minute-repeating watch with chronograph.

HKD 18,000 - 23,000

EUR 2,000 - 2,400 / USD 2,300 - 3,000

Sold: HKD 59,800

C. Five-body, ?bassine et filets?, front painted on enamel with a dancing couple in the countryside, back with a portrait of a lady holding a bouquet of pansies and a cane, pearl-set bezels, band in champlevé floral enamel.D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, outermost chronograph track divided into fifths, subsidiary seconds. Gold ?Louis XV? hands. M. 43 mm (19???), frosted gilt, 21 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with Breguet balance spring, ?swan-neck? micrometric regulator, repeating on gongs through activating slide in the band.Diam. 53 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3 - 01