HENRY CAPT QUARTER REPEATER DEMI CHRONOMETER YELLOW GOLD Henry Capt, Genève, "Répétition Demi-Chronometre", No. 29801. Made circa 1870. Very fine and rare, 18K yellow gold, quarter-repeating, hunting cased keyless lever "demi chronometre" pocket watch with gold wheel train. | Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces | Hong Kong, February 7th, 2015
HENRY CAPT QUARTER REPEATER DEMI CHRONOMETER YELLOW GOLD Henry Capt, Genève, "Répétition Demi-Chronometre", No. 29801. Made circa 1870. Very fine and rare, 18K yellow gold, quarter-repeating, hunting cased keyless lever "demi chronometre" pocket watch with gold wheel train., Four-body, "bassine et filet", polished and engine-turned, the front cover with engraved monogram in a cartouche. Glazed gold-rimmed cover to view the movement. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions and Arabic five-minute numerals, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel spade hands. 19''', rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 31 jewels, wolf`s tooth winding, gold wheel train, 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.Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Hong Kong, Feb 07, 2015
LOT 211 HENRY CAPT QUARTER REPEATER DEMI CHRONOMETER YELLOW GOLD Henry Capt, Genève, "Répétition Demi-Chronometre", No. 29801. Made circa 1870. Very fine and rare, 18K yellow gold, quarter-repeating, hunting cased keyless lever "demi chronometre" pocket watch with gold wheel train.
HKD 22,000 - 40,000 USD 2,800 - 5,200 / CHF 2,500 - 4,500
Four-body, "bassine et filet", polished and engine-turned, the front cover with engraved monogram in a cartouche. Glazed gold-rimmed cover to view the movement. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions and Arabic five-minute numerals, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel spade hands. 19''', rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 31 jewels, wolf`s tooth winding, gold wheel train, 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.
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