90th Auction

2014/11/15

Lot 314

Gentil Auguste, Swiss, Case No. 8353, 57 mm, 182 g, circa 1900
A fine, heavy hunting case quarter repeating watch with chronograph, calendar and moon phase
Case: 14k rose gold, tiered, polished, pusher for repetition at "12", slide for repeating mechanism, glazed movement. Dial: enamel, Arabic numerals, auxiliary seconds, window for month, cobalt blue enamelled moon phase disc with inlaid golden moon and stars, two subsidiary dials for indications of the day and the date, Louis XV hands. Movm.: bridge movement, frosted, gilt, finely ground and bevelled chronograph steel parts, ratchet wheel, 2 hammers / 2 gongs, "Patent Swiss 14358" ("Volant régulateur amortisseur pour mécanismes d'horlogerie modérateurs"), screw compensation balance.

Sold

estimated
3.6004.600 €
Price realized
5.300 €