93rd Auction
2016/5/14
Lot 473
LeCoultre & Cie. / G. Braillard, La Chaux-de-Fonds "Mèdaille d'or Genève", Case No. 16014, 51 mm, 106 g, circa 1900
A very fine hunting case pocket watch "Première Qualité" by LeCoultre with minute repeater and polychrome enamel monogram: "RB" with crown and plumed crest of Austrian aristocratic family Wassilko von Serecki
Case: 18k gold, raised enamel decoration. Dial: enamel. Movm.: bridge movement, 2 hammers / 2 gongs, screw compensation balance.
The Wassilko von Serecki are a Romanian boyar family originally from Bukovina and members of the Austrian high nobility; they were among the largest landowners in Austria-Hungary and the only family of Romanian origin to receive this noble imperial title.
Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wassilko_von_Serecki, as of 03/10/2016
A very fine hunting case pocket watch "Première Qualité" by LeCoultre with minute repeater and polychrome enamel monogram: "RB" with crown and plumed crest of Austrian aristocratic family Wassilko von Serecki
Case: 18k gold, raised enamel decoration. Dial: enamel. Movm.: bridge movement, 2 hammers / 2 gongs, screw compensation balance.
The Wassilko von Serecki are a Romanian boyar family originally from Bukovina and members of the Austrian high nobility; they were among the largest landowners in Austria-Hungary and the only family of Romanian origin to receive this noble imperial title.
Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wassilko_von_Serecki, as of 03/10/2016
Sold
estimated
3.800—6.000 €
Price realized
8.500 €