Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 15, 2016

LOT 159

ST-MARTHA QUARTER-REPEAT WITH CLOISONNE ENAMEL AND YELLOW GOLD Anonymous, Swiss, No. 6323. Made circa 1910. Very fine, quarter-repeating, 18K yellow gold, keyless pocket watch.

CHF 10,000 - 15,000

HKD 80,000 - 120,000 / USD 10,500 - 16,000

Four-body, bassine, solid, polished, reeded borders, caseback with painted on enamel representing Saint Martha with a dragon at her feet on a guilloche sunburst enamel background, outer rim with floral pattern inlaid with black enamel. Hinged gold cuvette engraved with the technical details, glazed aperture for the movement. White enamel with roman numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary dial for the seconds. Blued steel hands. Rhodium plated, 30 jewels, wolf`s tooth winding, 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: AA

Very good

Case: 2-8

Very good

Slightly scratched

Movement: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

Notes

DIAM. 51 mm. THICKNESS 16 mm.