Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Mar 15, 2015

LOT 265

BOUTTE QUARTER-REPEATER PINK GOLD Boutte, Swiss, "Répétition Chronographe", No. 66095. Made circa 1890. Fine, hunting-cased, keyless, quarter-repeating, 14K pink gold pocket watch with chronograph.

CHF 1,500 - 2,500

HKD 12,500 - 21,000 / USD 1,600 - 2,700

TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

Sold: CHF 1,375

Four-body, bassine et filets, engine-turned with polished borders. Hinged gold cuvette engraved with the technical details. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, outermost fifths of a second divisions calibrated to 300 units, sunk subsidiary seconds dial. Pink gold Louis XV hands. 19''', rhodium plated, 32 jewels, 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. Cuvette signed.


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 4-24-01

Fair

Slightly chipped

HANDS Original

Notes

DIAM. 53 mm. To be sold without reserve