Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...
Hong Kong, Jul 10, 2005
LOT 184
Geneva, No. 9936, circa 1820. Very fine 18K gold musical watch playing on the hour or at will, with quarter-repeating, in leather fitted box.
HKD 45,000 - 60,000
EUR 5,000 - 6,500 / USD 6,000 - 8,000
Sold: HKD 36,800
C. Four-body, "Empire", by ?LR?, engine-turned, gilt hingedcuvette, bolt at 7 o'clock to activate the music, lever at 8 o'clockprotruding from under the cuvette for music/silent. D. Gold,engine-turned wave pattern, champlevé Roman numerals, outerminute dot divisions. Blued steel ?Breguet? hands. M. 51 mm.(23'''), gilt brass, fixed barrels, cylinder escapement, three-armgold balance with flat balance spring, sur plateau pinned discmusical movement, 24 tuned vibrating blades acting on bothsides of the pinned disc, repeating on gongs by depressing thependant.Punched with the maker?s mark in a lozenge, numbered on themovement under the dial, case punched with the same number.Diam. 57 mm.
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Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 - 14 |
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Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3 - 01 |