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Geneva, Jan 03, 2022

LOT 403

Unsigned
Pocket watch, quarter-repeater; 18K yellow gold

CHF 800 - 1,600

EUR 770 - 1,540 / USD 870 - 1,740 / HKD 6,800 - 13,600

18K yellow gold, open-face, key-winding, round-shaped, pocket watch, with one horological complication:
· Quarter-repeater by two hammers on two steel gongs (activated by depressing the pendant); safety bolt locking the repeater’s functions (slide located on the case-band at 2 o’clock)

Case-back guilloché (engine-turned); guilloché (engine-turned) case-band; gold cuvette (dome).

Silver guilloché (engine-turned) dial, with radial Roman numerals; gold “Breguet” hands.
Movement 18’’’, gilded brass, going barrel, ruby-set cylinder escapement, monometallic balance (gilded brass) and blued steel flat hairspring, polished steel index-regulator; repeater work on the main plate, under the dial.


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good
Case: 3-11-19

Good

Slightly worn

Dent(s)
Movement: 3**

Good

Repair required, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Brand Unsigned, probably Geneva

Year circa 1820-1830

Movement No. unnumbered

Case No. 2 025 (by “E V”, probably Geneva)

Material 18K yellow gold

Diameter 47.2 mm.

Caliber 18’’’, ruby-set cylinder escapement

Weight 58.7 gr. (approx.)

CONDITIONS AND INFORMATION FOR BUYERS

The purchase price payable by a buyer will be the sum of the final bid price plus the buyer’s premium, together with any applicable sales or compensating use tax. In addition to the hammer price, the buyer’s premium is payable as follows: 25% of the hammer price on each lot.

Important notice – Special conditions Please look carefully at all the photos as they are an integral part of the description. Any defect not mentioned in the descriptions but visible on the photos will be considered as described and cannot lead to any claim. The dimensions are given as an indication and may slightly differ from the measures mentioned by the manufacturers especially for contemporary watches. The photos are not retouched. Colors may differ from reality. For timepieces, we guarantee neither the functioning nor the precision of the movement, nor the water-resistance of the case. In addition, please note that movements, parts of mechanisms or cases may be incomplete. The lots are sold “as is”, described to the best of our knowledge and cannot be returned. Once the online bid is placed by the bidder, it cannot be cancelled.