8,125 CHF
HENRY CAPT MINUTE REPEATING Ls. Gallopin & Cie, Successors de Henri Capt, Genève, ‘Répétition à Minutes’, No. 46917. Made circa 1890. Very fine and very rare, minute-repeating, keyless 18K gold pocket watch. C. Four-body, bassine, polished, semi-concealed hinges. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with Arabic numerals, outer minute track and Arabic five-minute numerals, subsidiary sunk seconds dial. Gold spade hands. M. 18’’’, rhodium plated, 31 jewels, wolf’s tooth winding, straight line calibrated lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance, Breguet balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Dial, case, cuvette and movement signed. DIAM. 48 mm. Notes In 1880, the famous firm of Henry Capt was bought by Gallopin and its name became H. Capt Horloger, Maison Gallopin Successeurs, trademark registered on November 1, 1880, under the No. 44.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2013-05-12