Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, Nov 13, 2016
LOT 458
VULCAIN QUARTER-REPEATER PINK GOLD Vulcain, (Ditisheim & Co.), "Répétition", No. 14171. Made circa 1915. Fine, quarter-repeating, hunting cased, 18K pink gold keyless pocket watch.
CHF 1,500 - 2,500
HKD 12,000 - 20,000 / USD 1,500 - 2,500
Four-body,"bassine", polished. Hinged gold cuvette engraved with the technical details. Guilloché silver with painted Cubiste numerals on a plain outer reserve, outer minute track, sunk guilloché subsidiary seconds dial. Pink gold hands. Cal. 18```, gilt brass, fausses côtes decoration, 27 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Case and cuvette signed.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: A |
Good |
Case: 3-8 |
Good Slightly scratched |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-8 |
Very good Slightly scratched |