Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...
New York, Dec 01, 2004
LOT 88
Le-Coultre & Cie., No. 30258. Produced for El Aguila circa 1900. Fine, hunting-cased, keyless, minute-repeating, 18K pink gold pocket watch with olive shaped button chronograph.
USD 2,800 - 3,300
EUR 2,200 - 2,500
Sold: USD 4,140
C. Five-body, ?bassine", solid, polished case band, engine-turned covers, gold hinged cuvette with inscription and eagle.D. White enamel with Arabic numerals, outer minute and chronograph divisions, subsidiary sunk seconds dial. Pink gold "spade" hands. M. Cal. 43 mm (19'''), maillechort, "fausses côtes" decoration, 28 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, visible chronograph mechanism, repeating on gongs through activating slide on the band.Movement signed ?Le Coultre & Cie.?, dial and case signed ?El Aguila?.Diam. 53 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: A |
Good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3 - 01 |