Only Online Auction
Hong Kong , Mar 20, 2024
LOT 101
UNSIGNED, SWITZERLAND, SPLIT-SECONDS CHRONOGRAPH, SILVER
HKD 8,900 - 17,700
EUR 1,050 - 2,100 / CHF 1,000 - 2,000 / USD 1,150 - 2,300TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE
Sold: HKD 8,125
A fine, silver, manual wind split second chronograph with minute counter
| 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, Switzerland
Year circa 1890
Case No. 109 712 (by “J P”)
Material silver
Diameter 52 mm.
Caliber 19’’’, 17 jewels
Notes
Movement based on the Swiss invention patent No. 359, delivered on January 12, 1889, to A. Lugrin, L’Orient-de-l’Orbe (Vallée de Joux), for a “Perfectionnements apportés à la construction des chronographes-compteurs” (Improvements in the construction of chronograph-counters).
The company A. Lugrin & Cie was founded in 1884 by Alfred Lugrin (1858-1920), a young watchmaker who worked for LeCoultre & Cie (1879-1884). This company will become Lemania.
This patent is used in particular by the horological factory of Jules-Frédéric Jeanneret of Saint-Imier (Bernese Jura), founded in 1866 and continued after his death (1890) by his widow, then his sons, under the name Albert Jeanneret & Frères. This company became the Excelsior Park company. Watches with or without split-seconds are known to have been made with this patent and sold by S. Smith & Sons, London.
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