58,750 HKD
LeCoultre & Co - Minute Repeating LeCoultre & Co. , case No. 27256. Made circa 1890. Fine, minute-repeating, 18K rose gold, hunting-cased, keyless pocket watch. Four-body, “bassine”, polished, the back cover with engraved foliate monogram “RN”. Hinged gold cuvette. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, outer Arabic five-minute numerals, subsidiary seconds. Gold spade hands. 19’’’, matte gilt, 25 jewels, wolf’s tooth winding, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring with overcoil, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band, centrifugal governor. Movement signed LeCoultre & Co. under the hour hammer. Diam. 53 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2010-10-09
