Quarter-Repeating A. Benoit & Cie, Paris, repassee a la Fabrique de Versailles, circa 1840
Vente aux enchères - Antiquorum N°209 - 16 novembre 2008 - Lot N°491

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Quarter-Repeating A. Benoit & Cie, Paris, repassee a la Fabrique de Versailles, circa 1840
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Antiquorum N°209
16 novembre 2008
Lot N°491

Quarter-Repeating A. Benoit & Cie, Paris, repassee a la Fabrique de Versailles, circa 1840. Very fine, quarter-repeating, 18K gold pocket watch with ruby cylinder escapement.
  • USD4 200 - 6 000
  • EUR2 800 - 4 000
  • CHF4 500 - 6 500
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C. Four-body, "forme collier", polished, bolt at 1 o’clock for locking the repeating. Hinged gilt brass cuvette. D. Guilloché silve, engine-turned with radial Roman numerals on a brushed chapter ring, outer dot minute divisions, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 47 mm (21’’’) gilt brass, standing barrel, 6 jewels, ruby cylinder escapement, gold three-arm balance, blued steel flat balance spring with bimetallic temperature compensation curb on the index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by depressing the pendant. Dial and cuvette signed. Diam. 53 mm.
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