30,000 HKD
RICHARDSON MINUTE REPEATER YELLOW GOLD Richardson & Co. , London, No. 4380. Made circa 1880. Fine and rare 18K yellow gold, hunting-cased, keyless minute-repeating pocket watch. Four-body, bassine, polished, the front and back cover with engine-turned decoration. Hinged gold cuvette engraved with the technical details. White enamel with Roman numerals, outer minute track with 5 minute Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel hands. Cal.19''', nickel, 28 jewels, counterpoised straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance with temperature and meantime adjustment screws, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Notes Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 53 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2015-02-07