Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, Nov 13, 2016
QUARTER-REPEATER & CHRONOGRAPH YELLOW GOLD Swiss, case number 35854. Made circa 1890. Fine, quarter-repeating, hunting cased, 18K yellow gold, keyless pocket watch with chronograph
Four-body,"bassine et filets", polished, polished band. Hinged gold cuvette. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, outermost chronograph track divided into fifths of a second. Blued steel spade hands. Cal. 21```, frosted gilt, 21 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulato repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band.
Grading System | |
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Grade: A |
Good |
Case: 4-8-19 |
Fair Slightly scratched Dent(s) |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |