5,125 CHF
VRARD MINUTE-REPEATING L. Vrard & Co., Tientsin, No. 201605. Swiss made for the Chinese market circa 1910. Fine, hunting cased, keyless, minute-repeating, 14K gold pocket watch with chronograph. Four-body,”bassine”, engine-turned cover and case back, the front cover with engraved monogram in a foliate cartouche. Hinged gold cuvette. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and outermost seconds divided into fifths and calibrated to 300 units, subsidiary sunk seconds dial. Gilt Louis XV hands. Cal, 17’’’, rhodium plated, 15 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band, centrifugal governor. Dial and cuvette signed. DIAM. 48 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2013-03-17