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Hong Kong, Mar 09, 2022

LOT 274

Virgile Nicolet
Pocket watch, date, day, inverted calibre with visible balance; silver

HKD 4,300 - 8,500

EUR 500 - 1,000 / CHF 500 - 1,000 / USD 550 - 1,100

TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

Sold: HKD 7,750

Silver, open-face, key-winding, round-shaped, “Empire”, pocket watch, with two horological complications:
· Date of the month (subsidiary dial at 9 o’clock)
· Day of the week (subsidiary dial at 3 o’clock; indications given in French)

Case-back polished; fluted case-band.

White enamel dial, with subsidiary dial for the time at 6 o’clock, suspended Breguet numerals; gilded metal “Breguet” hands; aperture at 12 o’clock for the cock and visible balance.

Movement 20’’’, inverted calibre, full plate, gilded brass, fusee and chain, verge escapement, monometallic balance (gilded brass) and blued steel flat hairspring, pierced and engraved gilded continental cock, polished steel end-piece.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

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

Good

HANDS Original

Brand Virgile Nicolet, Neuchâtel mountains

Year circa 1800-1810

Movement No. unnumbered

Case No. 27 636 (by “PIHD”, Neuchâtel mountains)

Material silver

Diameter 53 mm.

Caliber 20’’’, verge escapement

Weight 94.5 gr. (approx.)

Signature dial

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.