Hong Kong, Nov 25, 2022

LOT 89

UNSIGNED
POCKET WATCH, EARLY MINUTE-REPEATER; 18K YELLOW GOLD

HKD 39,700 - 80,000

EUR 5,100 - 10,200 / CHF 5,000 - 10,000 / USD 5,100 - 10,200

18K yellow gold, open-face, key-winding, round-shaped, “Empire” pocket watch, with one horological complication:
· Minute-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 11 o’clock)

Case-back polished; fluted case-band; silvered metal cuvette (dome) engraved in taille-douce (fine cut) “Carton / Pharmacien / à Brunehamel”.

White enamel dial with suspended Breguet numerals; blued steel and gold skeleton hands.

Movement 22’’’, full plate, gilded brass, fusee and chain, verge escapement, monometallic balance (probably gold) and blued steel flat hairspring, silver regulator disc; minute-repeater work on the main plate, under the dial.


LOADING IMAGES
Click to full view Click to full view
Image Image

Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Brand Unsigned, probably Geneva

Year circa 1810

Movement No. unnumbered

Case No. unnumbered

Material 18K yellow gold

Diameter 56.6 mm.

Caliber 22’’’, fusee and chain, verge escapement

Weight 142.3 gr. (approx.)

Notes

This is an extremely rare and attractive pocket watch features a minute-repeater, which, due to its highly complex design, is very unusual to appear in a watch dating from the early 19th century.

--

“Carton / Pharmacien / à Brunehamel”

Mr. Carton was a Pharmacist in Brunehamel. Brunehamel is a French commune located in the Aisne department, now in the Hauts-de-France region.