Only Online Auction
Hong Kong, Mar 08, 2023
LOT 169
UNSIGNED, LARGE POCKET WATCH, MINUTE-REPEATER, CHRONOGRAPH, TRIPLE DATE, MOON PHASES; 14K PINK GOLD
HKD 15,000 - 35,000
EUR 1,850 - 4,300 / CHF 1,800 - 4,200 / USD 1,950 - 4,500
Sold: HKD 32,500
14K pink gold, hunting-case, keyless-winding, round-shaped, large pocket watch, with subsidiary seconds at 6 and six horological complications:
· Minute-repeater by two hammers on two steel gongs (activated by the slide located on the case-band at 6 o’clock)
· 1/5 second chronograph (activated by the single olive-shaped push-piece located on the case-band at 12 o’clock) with outer ring divided in 300
· Date of the month (subsidiary dial at 3 o’clock)
· Day of the week (subsidiary dial at 9 o’clock; indications given in German)
· Month of the year (subsidiary dial at 12 o’clock; indications given in German)
· Phases of the moon (aperture at 6 o’clock)
White colour enamel dial, with radial Roman numerals; yellow gold "Louis XVI" hands.
Case-back guilloché (engine-turned), with, in the centre of the cover, an escutcheon; cuvette (dome) engraved in taille-douce (fine cut) with the technical specifications of the movement.
20’’’, gilded brass, going barrel, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensated balance with gold poising screws and blued steel hairspring with terminal curve, polished steel index-regulator; repeater work on the main plate, under the dial; chronograph work on the top plate.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3-9-11 |
Good Scratched Slightly worn |
Movement: 3** |
Good Repair required, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Brand Unsigned, Switzerland
Model “triple complication”
Year circa 1900
Movement No. unnumbered
Case No. 42 009
Material 14K pink gold
Diameter 61 mm.
Caliber 20’’’, straight-line lever escapement
Weight 163 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: 26% of the hammer price on each lot.
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