14,375 CHF
L. VRARD VERY SMALL CHRONOGRAPH MINUTE-REPEATER YELLOW GOLD L. Vrard & Co., Tientsin, No. 5652. Swiss made for the Chinese market circa 1900. Fine, small and extremely rare, hunting cased, keyless, minute-repeating, 18K gold pocket watch with chronograph. Four-body,"bassine", engine-turned cover and case back, inside front cover with engraved chinese. 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. Pink gold hands. 25 mm. 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. Notes Dial and cuvette signed. DIAM. 36 mm. THICKNESS 15 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2016-05-15
