Only Online Auction

Geneva, Jan 03, 2022

LOT 386

Unsigned
Pocket watch, split-seconds chronograph, minute counter; silver

CHF 950 - 1,900

EUR 900 - 1,800 / USD 1,025 - 2,050 / HKD 8,000 - 16,000

TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

Sold: CHF 450

Silver (0.925), open-face, keyless-winding, round-shaped, pocket watch, with subsidiary seconds at 6 and three horological complications:
· 1/5 second chronograph (activated by the crown)
· Split-seconds (activated by the olive push-piece located on the case-band at 11 o’clock)
· Half-instantaneous 30-minute counter (subsidiary dial at 12 o’clock)

Case-back guilloché (engine-turned), with, in the centre, an escutcheon inside a belt.

White enamel dial with radial Roman numerals; blued steel “Spade” hands.

Movement 18’’’, gilded brass, going barrel, straight-line lever escapement, uncut bimetallic compensated balance with poising screws and blued steel hairspring with terminal curve, polished steel index-regulator; chronograph work and split-seconds work on the top plate.


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good
Case: 3-8-19

Good

Slightly scratched

Dent(s)
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-73-01

Good

ENAMEL AND VARIOUS TYPES OF DECORATION Chipped under bezel,not visible when closed

HANDS Original

Brand Unsigned, Switzerland

Model made for the British market

Year circa 1909-1910

Movement No. unnumbered

Case No. 21 677 (stamped “G.D”; Dimier Brother & Co. Ltd (Georges Dimier), London, watch importer)

Material silver (0.925)

Diameter 52.2 mm.

Caliber 18’’’, straight-line lever escapement

Weight 101 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.