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Geneva, May 10, 2026

LOT 310

LOUIS TAVERNIER, FRANCE, QUARTER REPEATER AND RUBY CYLINDER, 18K YELLOW GOLD

CHF 3,000 - 6,000

HKD 29,800 - 60,000 / USD 3,800 - 7,600 / EUR 3,300 - 6,500 / JPY 610,000 - 1,210,000

TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

Sold: CHF 3,250

A very fine and rare, 18k gold, manual wind open-face Key-wound quarter-repeating pocket watch with ruby cylinder escapement. White enamel dial, signed Lucard on the reverse, with radial Arabic numerals and outer minute divisions. Blued-steel Breguet-style hands.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-8-01

Good

Slightly scratched

HANDS Original

Brand Louis Tavernier, France

Year Circa 1810

Case No. 2694

Caliber 49 mm., 5 jewels, gilt brass, overhanging ruby cylinder escapement, plain three-arm balance, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator with bimetallic temperature compensation curb, jeweled escapement, repeating on two gongs with two hammers activated by depressing the pendant.

Diameter 54 mm.

Weight 109 gr.

Signature Dial and case