Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, May 15, 2016
LOT 391
VOLTA QUARTER-REPEATING TRIPLE CALENDAR & CHRONOGRAPH YELLOW GOLD Volta, "Répétition Triple Quantieme Phases de Lune", case No. 21761. Made circa 1910. Fine, large, hunting-cased, keyless, quarter-repeating, 18K yellow gold pocket watch with triple-date calendar, chronograph and moon phases.
CHF 2,000 - 4,000
HKD 16,000 - 32,000 / USD 2,100 - 4,100
Sold: CHF 3,750
Four-body, bassine et filets, polished. Hinged gold cuvette engraved with prize medals and technical details. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and outermost fifths of a second divisions, subsidiary seconds dial and date dial, apertures for the days of the week, months and moon phases. Gilt Louis XV hands. Cal. 20```, frosted gilt, 19 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, centrifugal governor, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a push-button on the band. Case signed.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: A |
Good |
Case: 3-8 |
Good Slightly scratched |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |