Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Apr 28, 2019
LOT 407
STAUFFER & CO. HISTORICAL POCKET WATCH, WITH MINUTE-REPEATER, CHRONOGRAPH AND MINUTE RECORDER, PRESENTED TO JOHN GRAY, BY LEVER BROTHERS LTD., PORT SUNLIGHT, MERSEYSIDE (ENGLAND), ON JUNE 24, 1913; 18K YELLOW GOLD
HKD 55,000 - 71,000
CHF 7,000 - 9,000 / USD 7,100 - 9,150
18K yellow gold, half hunting-case, keyless-winding, round-shaped, pocket watch, with subsidiary seconds at 6 and three horological complications: - Minute-repeater on two steel gongs (activated by the slide at 6 o'clock) - 1/5 second chronograph (activated by the olive-shaped pushpiece located on the case-band at 12 o'clock) - Instantaneous 30-minute recorder (subsidiary dial at 12 o'clock) Cuvette engraved in taille-douce (fine cut) with the dedication "For Long Service / Presented / to / John Gray / Together with a certificate / On his completing / 15 years services with / Lever Brothers / Limited / Port Sunlight. / 24th June, 1913.".
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 2 |
Very good |
Movement: 2* |
Very good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |
Brand Stauffer & Co
Year circa 1910-1913
Movement No. 300 592
Calibre 20''', gilded brass, with going barrel, straight-line lever escapement, cut compensated balance and blued steel hairspring with terminal curve
Case No. 300 592
Material 18K yellow gold
Caliber 20''', gilded brass, with going barrel, straight-line lever escapement, cut compensated balance and blued steel hairspring with terminal curve
Dimensions Ø 52.5 mm.
Signature movement