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Geneva, May 10, 2026

LOT 314

UNSIGNED, SWITZERLAND, WATCH WITH REPEATER AND MUSIC PLAYING ON THE HOUR OR AT WILL, 18K YELLOW GOLD

CHF 3,000 - 6,000

HKD 29,800 - 60,000 / USD 3,800 - 7,600 / EUR 3,300 - 6,500 / JPY 610,000 - 1,210,000

Sold: CHF 6,250

A very fine, 18k gold, manual wind open-face, key-winding pocket watch, enamel dial, with music and quarter-repeater on two steel gongs (activated by depressing the pendant), musical movement, with 24 steel tuned vibrating blades acting on both sides of pinned disc (music / silence lever at the edge of the cuvette beneath the case-back).


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3-8*

Good

Slightly scratched

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-9-19-01

Good

Scratched

Dent(s)

HANDS Original

Brand Unsigned, Switzerland

Year Circa 1820

Case No. 4652

Caliber 46 mm., gilded brass, with going barrel, cylinder escapement, monometallic balance and blued steel flat hairspring

Diameter 54 mm.

Weight 138 gr.