Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, Mar 16, 2014
LOT 298
PINK GOLD MINUTE REPEATER J. Meylan-Truan, Le Sentier, Swiss, No. 7864. Made circa 1890. Fine, keyless, minute repeating, 18K pink gold pocket watch.
CHF 3,500 - 5,500
HKD 29,000 - 45,000 / USD 3,700 - 5,800
Sold: CHF 5,000
Four-body, bassine, polished. Hinged gold cuvette engraved with the technical details. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track with Arabic five-minute numerals, subsidiary seconds dial. Gold Louis XV hands. 19''', rhodium plated, fausses-côtes decoration, 19 jewels, counterpoised straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring with overcoil, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Movement signed under the hour hammer "Concisas Brevitas", the trade name of J. Meylan-Truan.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3-19 |
Good Dent(s) |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |