Only Online Auction
Hong Kong, Oct 14, 2021
LOT 333
Rouher
Pocket watch, quarter-repeater; 18K yellow gold
HKD 10,100 - 20,200
CHF 1,200 - 2,400 / EUR 1,150 - 2,300 / USD 1,300 - 2,600
Sold: HKD 15,000
18K yellow gold, open-face, key-winding, round-shaped, pocket watch, with one horological complication:
· Quarter-repeater by two hammers on two steel gongs (activated by depressing the pendant); safety bolt locking the repeater’s functions (slide located on the case-band at 1 o’clock)
Case-back guilloché (engine-turned), with, in the centre, a circle; guilloché (engine-turned) case-band; gilded metal cuvette (dome)
White enamel dial, with suspended “Breguet” numerals; blued steel “Breguet” hands.
Movement, 21’’’, gilded brass, going barrel, cylinder escapement, monometallic balance (silvered brass) and blued steel flat hairspring, blued steel index-regulator with temperature compensating bimetallic curb and pare-chute; repeater work on the main plate, under the dial; additional and added keyless-winding mechanism, a kind of folding key made of blued steel directly positioned on the barrel shaft with a ratchet to be able to be properly repositioned in the cuvette (dome) which has been drilled for this purpose, the Maltese cross stop being preserved, with a folding time setting key acting directly on the centre wheel made in the same way (transformations probably dating from the middle of the 19th century).
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: A |
Good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3-26* |
Good Upgraded Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-24-01 |
Good Slightly chipped HANDS Original |
Brand Rouhet, Paris (109, rue Montmartre)
Year circa 1820
Movement No. 392
Case No. 3 868 (by “J J C”, probably Besançon)
Material 18K yellow gold
Diameter 52.3 mm.
Caliber 21’’’, cylinder escapement
Weight 101.2 gr. (approx.)
Signature cuvette (dome)
CONDITIONS AND INFORMATION FOR BUYERS
The purchase price payable by a buyer will be the sum of the final bid price plus the buyer’s premium, together with any applicable sales or compensating use tax. In addition to the hammer price, the buyer’s premium is payable as follows: 25% of the hammer price on each lot.Important notice – Special conditions Please look carefully at all the photos as they are an integral part of the description. Any defect not mentioned in the descriptions but visible on the photos will be considered as described and cannot lead to any claim. The dimensions are given as an indication and may slightly differ from the measures mentioned by the manufacturers especially for contemporary watches. The photos are not retouched. Colors may differ from reality. For timepieces, we guarantee neither the functioning nor the precision of the movement, nor the water-resistance of the case. In addition, please note that movements, parts of mechanisms or cases may be incomplete. The lots are sold “as is”, described to the best of our knowledge and cannot be returned. Once the online bid is placed by the bidder, it cannot be cancelled.