Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Apr 28, 2019
RIEUSSEC POCKET PROGRESSIVE COUNTER WITH INKING-CHRONOGRAPH; SILVER
Silver (0.800), open-face, key-winding, round-shaped, "forme quatre baguettes", pocket progressive counter with 1/5 inking-chronograph. White enamel dial with division in seconds numbered in groups of five, subsidiary dial for the fifth of a second (at 6 o'clock); push-pieces for "marche / arrêt" (on / off) (top left) and "pointage" (pointing) (top right); blued steel hands.
Grading System | |
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Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3-6* |
Good Slightly oxidized Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Brand Nicolas-Mathieu Rieussec
Model "Chronographe Brevet d'invention", retailed by Chaudé & Bruneau, Paris (rue Neuve des Petits Champs, No. 13)
Year circa 1835
Movement No. 4
Calibre 26''', full plate, gilded brass, with going barrel, cylinder escapement, monometallic balance (gilded brass) and blued steel flat hairspring
Case No. 22
Material silver
Caliber 26''', full plate, gilded brass, with going barrel, cylinder escapement, monometallic balance (gilded brass) and blued steel flat hairspring
Dimensions Ø 70 mm.
Signature Cuvette