Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, Nov 10, 2013
LOT 324
MINUTE REPEATING & CHRONOGRAPH - YELLOW GOLD Swiss. Case No. 23704. Made circa 1910. Fine, minute-repeating, 18K yellow gold, keyless pocket watch with chronograph and register.
CHF 3,500 - 5,500
HKD 29,000 - 45,000 / USD 3,700 - 5,800
Sold: CHF 6,875
Four-body, "bassine", polished, co-axial button in the crown for start/stop and return-to-zero functions of the chronograph. Hinged gold cuvette. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute and fifths of a second divisions, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials. Blued steel Breguet hands. Cal. 19''', rhodium plated, 35 jewels, wolf's tooth winding, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |