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Hotel Noga Hilton, Nov 14, 2004
LOT 151
Edouard Wenger, made at the Ecole d'Horlogerie, Genève, dated 1911. 911. Very interesting steel, brass, and wood seconds-beating electrical table regulator, a school masterpiece.
CHF 7,000 - 9,000
EUR 4,500 - 6,000 / USD 5,500 - 7,000
Sold: CHF 17,250
C. On wooden oval base, glass dome (repaired at the bottom). D. Silvered, Breguet numerals, outer minute divisions, subsidiary sec-onds. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. On painted off-white cast iron frame, coil fixed to the frame close to the pendulum rod, mercurialpendulum in two steel cylinders, impulsed from the two coils via switch activated by a small pin protruding from the steel rod, unidirec-tional impulse to the escape wheel via pivoted detent mounted directly to the pendulum, powered by two batteries concealed in thebase.Dial signed.Dim. Height 46 cm, width 28 cm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3 - 01 |