7,500 CHF
GRANDJEAN MINUTE-REPEATER YELLOW GOLD Charles Grandjean, Locle, 1895, case No. 34153. Made circa 1895. Very fine, minute-repeating, hunting-cased, keyless 18K pink pocket gold watch Four-body, "bassine et filets", solid, polished, entirely engraved with foliate pattern. Hinged gold cuvette, glazed gold-rimmed cover over the movement. Foliate engraved silver with painted radial Roman numerals, subsidiary sunk seconds dial, outer applied gold foliate border, the center with flowers and birds. Rhodium plated, 35 jewels, counterpoised 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. Notes Dial signed, case numbered. DIAM. 54 mm. THICKNESS 17 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2016-05-15
