46,800 HKD
Minute-Repeater Swiss, “Repetition a Minutes”, No. 1208. Made circa 1900. Fine and rare, keyless, minute-repeating, hunting-cased 18K yellow gold pocket watch. Four-body, “bassine et filet”, polished, the front cover with an engraved foliate monogram “MB” beneath a coronet. Hinged gold cuvette with engine-turned border, glazed gold-rimmed cover over the movement. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and Arabic five-minute numerals, subsidiary seconds dial. Gold Louis XV hands. Cal. 19’’’, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 31 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. Diam. 53 mm
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2010-06-25