4,000 CHF
LE COULTRE & CO. HUNTING CASED MINUTE REPEATER LeCoultre & Co., Swiss. Made circa 1890. Fine, minute-repeating, 18K gold hunting cased, keyless pocket watch. Four-body, bassine et filets, polished. Hinged gold cuvette. Engraved silver with radial Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds, the center and outer border with applied gold foliate decoration. Blued steel spade hands. 18''', rhodium plated, 29 jewels, wolf's tooth winding, 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 Signed LeCoultre & Co. beneath the hour hammer, case unsigned. DIAM. 55 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-11-09
