Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, May 10, 2020
LOT 310
Unsigned - Pocket watch with dead independent seconds; 18K yellow gold
HKD 9,400 - 11,700
USD 1,200 - 1,500 / EUR 1,100 - 1,400 / CHF 1,200 - 1,500
18K yellow gold, open-face, key-winding, round-shaped, pocket watch, with one horological complication: • Dead independent seconds (activated by the rectangular push-piece at 6 o’clock). Silver guilloché (engine-turned) dial; blued steel “Breguet” hands. Case-back guilloché (engine-turned). Movement, 20’’’, gilded brass, two going barrels, double-train of wheels, cylinder escapement, monometallic balance (probably in gold) and blued steel flat hairspring, index regulator.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: A |
Good |
Case: 3-11 |
Good Slightly worn |
Movement: 3 * |
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Dial: 3-6-01 |
Good Slightly oxidized HANDS Original |
Brand Unsigned, Neuchâtel Mountains
Year circa 1830
Movement No. unnumbered
Case No. 14 318 (by “H C”, Neuchâtel Mountains)
Material 18K yellow gold
Diameter 51.9 mm.
Caliber 20’’’, cylinder escapement