Rare Five Motion Automaton Quarter Hour Knife Grinder Verge Fusee Man’s Pocket Watch with Keys
Rare Five Motion Automaton Quarter Hour Knife Grinder Verge Fusee Pocket Watch-SOLD
VC2-100SOLD$24,500.00
Product Details
Superb & Extra Rare Five Motion Automaton Quarter Hour Knife Grinder Verge Fusee Man’s Pocket Watch with Keys SOLD
Swiss; Breguet; Man’s; Serial # 93; CA1810
Complications: Quarter hour repeater, early verge and automaton.
CASE: The 18K yellow-gold 18-size 56mm open face case is machined and signed “PB41.”
DIAL: This white porcelain dial features Arabic numerals and Breguet hands.
MOVT: The key-set No. 93 gilt movement has a verge fusee escapement, full-plate layout and is unsigned.
CONDITIONS:
C 2-1/2 (The Case is in Near Perfect Condition)
D 3-44 (The Dial is in Very Good Condition - Two Hairlines)
M 3 (The Movement is in Very Good Condition)
R 10 (Rarity on a scale of #1 being very common to #10 being extremely rare)
Experts Opinion: Five motions, two Cherubs strike bells. Knife grinder bends to reach spinning wheel, 2nd assistant turns wheel. An opportunity to own an extremely rare timepiece! Following information will be attached. Identical watches sold $26,903.00 May 15, 2015 at Geneva Christie’s and $25,800.00 May 2015 at Geneva Sotheby.