Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, Nov 13, 2016
LOT 264
QUARTER-REPEATER PINK GOLD Swiss, No. 49312. Made circa 1885. Very fine, keyless, quarter-repeating, 14K pink gold, hunting cased pocket watch.
CHF 1,500 - 2,500
HKD 12,000 - 20,000 / USD 1,500 - 2,500
Four-body, "bassine", solid, polished. Hinged gold cuvette with engraved dedication. White enamel with Arabic numerals, outer minute track with red Arabic five-minute numerals, subsidiary seconds. Gold Louis XV hands. Matte gilt, counterpoised straight line calibrated 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: A |
Good |
Case: 3-8 |
Good Slightly scratched |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |