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Geneva, Oct 01, 2020
LOT 173
Unsigned
Dress-watch, minute-repeater, perpetual calendar, moon phases; 18K yellow gold
CHF 500 - 600
EUR 500 - 600 / USD 550 - 700 / HKD 4,300 - 5,100TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE
Sold: CHF 7,500
18K yellow gold, open-face, keyless-winding, round-shaped, dress-watch, with subsidiary seconds at 6 and six horological complications:
· Perpetual calendar
· Date of the month (subsidiary dial at 3 o’clock)
· Day of the week (subsidiary dial at 9 o’clock; indications given in French)
· Month of the year (subsidiary dial at 12 o’clock; indications given in French)
· Four-year cycle of leap-years (subsidiary dial at 12 o’clock)
· Phases of the moon (aperture at 6 o’clock)
Two bridges are clumsily engraved twice with an apocryphal Vacheron Constantin signature. Most of the repeating mechanism is missing as is part of the perpetual calendar mechanism.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Case: 4-9-12 |
Fair Scratched Worn |
Movement: 5-29** |
Poor Lacking elements Repair required, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 4-7-9-10-01-04 |
Fair Oxidized Scratched Patinated HANDS Original HANDS Later |
Brand Unsigned, Switzerland
Year circa 1920-1930
Movement No. unnumbered
Case No. 89 580
Diameter 45.8 mm.
Caliber 18’’’, lever escapement
CONDITIONS AND INFORMATION FOR BUYERS
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