Only Online Auction
Hong Kong, Oct 14, 2021
LOT 336
Sandoz & Breitmeyer
Pocket watch, Federal Shooting Contest of 1898 in Neuchâtel; silver
HKD 5,100 - 10,100
CHF 600 - 1,200 / EUR 600 - 1,150 / USD 650 - 1,300
Silver (0.900), open-face, keyless-winding, round-shaped, pocket watch, with subsidiary seconds at 6.
Case-back stamped with a heraldic eagle, head turned to the left, bearing a shield with the chevroned arms of Neuchâtel, holds an oak branch in its talons; behind the eagle, two flags, the federal and cantonal flags of Neuchâtel, are unfurled from right to left and superposed (made after Fritz Ulysse Landry (1842-1927) work; probably stamped by Huguenin Frères, Le Locle); cuvette (dome) engraved in taille-douce (fine cut) with the name “J. Bidlingmeyer”.
White enamel dial, with suspended Arabic numerals; gilded metal “Louis XV” hands.
Movement 18’’’ ½ gilded brass, going barrel, straight-line equilibrated lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensated balance with gold poising screws and blued steel hairspring with terminal curve, polished steel index-regulator with swan-neck spring and micrometric screw, adjusted by the precision timer “régleur” James-Antoine Perret, La Chaux-de-Fonds.
Case-back stamped with a heraldic eagle, head turned to the left, bearing a shield with the chevroned arms of Neuchâtel, holds an oak branch in its talons; behind the eagle, two flags, the federal and cantonal flags of Neuchâtel, are unfurled from right to left and superposed (made after Fritz Ulysse Landry (1842-1927) work; probably stamped by Huguenin Frères, Le Locle); cuvette (dome) engraved in taille-douce (fine cut) with the name “J. Bidlingmeyer”.
White enamel dial, with suspended Arabic numerals; gilded metal “Louis XV” hands.
Movement 18’’’ ½ gilded brass, going barrel, straight-line equilibrated lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensated balance with gold poising screws and blued steel hairspring with terminal curve, polished steel index-regulator with swan-neck spring and micrometric screw, adjusted by the precision timer “régleur” James-Antoine Perret, La Chaux-de-Fonds.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Case: 3-12 |
Good Worn |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-71-01 |
Good ENAMEL AND VARIOUS TYPES OF DECORATION Hairlines HANDS Original |
Brand Sandoz & Breitmeyer, La Chaux-de-Fonds
Model “Montre de Tir”
Year 1898
Movement No. unnumbered
Case No. 733 734 (by “K et M”, Neuchâtel mountains)
Material silver (0.900)
Diameter 55.5 mm.
Caliber 18’’’ ½, straight-line equilibrated lever escapement
Weight 111.4 gr. (approx.)
Signature dial and movement
Accessories original fitted box, certificate of origin (with on the reverse the Bulletin de Marche)
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