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Hotel Noga Hilton, Nov 14, 2004

LOT 31

Henry Capt, Geneva, No. 10145, circa 1910. Very fine and very rare 18K gold, hunting-cased, keyless, double-train pocket watch with independent dead seconds and chronograph.

CHF 13,000 - 16,000

EUR 8,000 - 10,000 / USD 10,000 - 13,000

Sold: CHF 16,100

C. Five-body, ?bassine?, polished, gold hinged cuvette, pushbutton at 11 for independent seconds, at 1 for the chronograph. D. Silvered and matted, Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions, outermost dead-seconds track with five-minute Arabic markers. Gold ?spade? hands. M. 45 mm (20'''), nickel-plated, bridge caliber, Mairet tandem winding, 28 jewels, straight line calibrated lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance with Breguet balance spring.Dial signed.Diam. 56 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 - 6 - 01

Notes

The watch incorporates two functions: independent dead-seconds and dead-seconds chronograph with return to zero. This is achieved in an ingenious manner by installing a friction-fit wheel concentric with the dead-seconds wheel.