97th Auction

2018/5/12

Lot 274

Louis Audemars, Brassus (Suisse), Movement No. 12404, Case No. 2404, 57 mm, 163 g, circa 1900
An impressive and heavy minute repeating hunting case pocket watch with quarter hour self strike "Grande Sonnerie" and hour self strike "Petite Sonnerie" - with original box
Case: 18k pink gold, glazed movement. Dial: enamel. Movm.: bridge movement, 2 hammers / 2 gongs, tandem winding with mirror polished click on the top, gold screw compensation balance.
The condition of the case and the dial is excellent. The quality of the movement with its six screwed gold chatons and its compensation balance with pink gold screws is outstanding. The two barrels are wound through a racking bar. For the minute repeater and the quarter hour strike 'Grande Sonnerie' the two hammers strike on two different gongs

Sold

estimated
19.00030.000 €
Price realized
44.500 €