Swiss Gold Minute Repeater with Automaton, circa 1910. ...

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Swiss Gold Minute Repeater with Automaton, circa 1910
Case: 54 mm, hunters case, 18k rose gold, plain back, front with flowing ribbon initials, gold slide repeat bar to the rim, inner gold cuvette with medallions, # 15311
Dial: inner red enamel with sunburst pattern and gold Arabic chapters, gold Louis XIV hands, deep blue background, gilt knight figures striking on upper bells when repeat is chiming, subsidiary seconds
Movement: gilt bridge, straight line lever, jeweled thru the hammers, micrometric regulator, 29 jewels, lever set, steel circular fly wheel with gold cross bar, # 15311
Signed: movement marked with Swiss cross

Condition Report*: Type: Swiss Gold Minute Repeater with Automaton
Dial: red sunburst enamel, gold Arabic numbers
Hands; gold Louis XIV
Metal: 18k rose gold
Gram Weight: 113.4
Case No: 15311
Case Info: hunter, gold cuvette, ribbon initial pattern
Case Width: 54 mm
Crystal: glass
Watch Movement: high grade gilt bridge, jeweled thru the hammers, straight line lever, 29 jewels, micrometric regulator with swans neck spring, steel circular fly wheel with gold cross bar
Circa: 1910
Condition: dial and case very very good, movement very good, running, chimes but sometimes hands stick at the quarter hour change, servicing recommended

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2008 December Jewelry & Timepieces Signature Auction #687 (go to Auction Home page)

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December, 2008

8th-10th Monday-Wednesday

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Sold on Dec 9, 2008 for: $8,962.50

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