Only Online Auction
Geneva, Dec 08, 2022
LOT 363
Unsigned
Decorative pocket watch, centre-seconds, date, day; silver
CHF 500 - 1,000
EUR 550 - 1,050 / USD 550 - 1,100 / HKD 4,200 - 8,300
Sold: CHF 625
Silver, open-face, key-winding, round-shaped, “Directoire” pocket watch with centre-seconds and two horological complications:
· Date of the month (subsidiary dial at 10:30)
· Day of the week (subsidiary dial at 2:30; indications given in French)
Case-back polished.
White enamel dial with off-centre dial for the time at 6 o’clock, with suspended “Breguet” numerals; at 4 and 8, two medallions showing the portraits of a Roman patriarch and his wife; blued steel “Breguet” hands.
19’’’, full plate, gilded brass, with fusee and chain, verge escapement, monometallic balance (gilded brass) and blued steel flat hairspring, pierced and engraved gilded continental “Louis XVI” cock.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: A |
Good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Brand Unsigned, probably Geneva
Year circa 1800
Movement No. unnumbered
Case No. unnumbered (by “… P G”, partly illegible)
Material silver
Diameter 55 mm.
Caliber 19’’’, fusee and chain, verge escapement
Weight 94.4 gr. (approx.)
CONDITIONS AND INFORMATION FOR BUYERS.
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