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Geneva, Sep 22, 2021

LOT 179

Unsigned
Large pocket watch, centre-seconds and stop-seconds; “Centre Seconds Chronograph”; silver

CHF 1,000 - 2,000

EUR 950 - 1,850 / USD 1,100 - 2,200 / HKD 8,600 - 17,100

TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

Sold: CHF 187

Silver, open-face, key-winding, round-shaped, large pocket watch, with centre-seconds and stop-seconds (activated by the push-piece located on the case-band at 2 o’clock)

Case-back polished, with, in the centre, an escutcheon; fluted case-band.

Egg-shell colour enamel dial with radial Roman numerals; gilded metal “Pear” hands.

Movement 22’’’, ¾ plate, gilded brass, fusee and chain, lateral lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensated balance and blued steel flat hairspring, polished steel index-regulator.


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good
Case: 3-6-8

Good

Slightly oxidized

Slightly scratched
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Brand Unsigned, Birmingham (Great Britain)

Model “Centre Seconds Chronograph”

Year circa 1892

Movement No. 86 097

Case No. 86 097 (by “L J”, probably Louis Jacot, Birmingham, Swiss watch agent registered in October 1885; Birmingham letter-date for 1892)

Material silver

Diameter 61.5 mm.

Caliber 22’’’, lateral lever escapement

Weight 177.4 gr. (approx.)

CONDITIONS AND INFORMATION FOR BUYERS

The purchase price payable by a buyer will be the sum of the final bid price plus the buyer’s premium, together with any applicable sales or compensating use tax. In addition to the hammer price, the buyer’s premium is payable as follows: 25% of the hammer price on each lot.

Important notice – Special conditions Please look carefully at all the photos as they are an integral part of the description. Any defect not mentioned in the descriptions but visible on the photos will be considered as described and cannot lead to any claim. The dimensions are given as an indication and may slightly differ from the measures mentioned by the manufacturers especially for contemporary watches. The photos are not retouched. Colors may differ from reality. For timepieces, we guarantee neither the functioning nor the precision of the movement, nor the water-resistance of the case. In addition, please note that movements, parts of mechanisms or cases may be incomplete. The lots are sold “as is”, described to the best of our knowledge and cannot be returned. Once the online bid is placed by the bidder, it cannot be cancelled.