Lot 678 | Pocketwatch

HENRI GRANDJEAN & COMPAGNIE
Pocketwatch.

Origin: Switzerland, Le Locle.
Date: Ca. 1890.
Clockwork: Manual wound, bridge/clockwork movement, 15 jewels.
Case/Wristband: 750/- yellow gold, dial enamel, golden dotted minute dial, roman numerals, small second at "6", arab. 5-min. marker.
Total Weight: ca. 124.5 g.
Measurement: Ø 53.0 mm.
Case-No: 38285.
Movement-No.: 38285.
Description: Stepped, open gold case, 3-lid gold, pomp engraving on cuvette with floral hand engraving
"commemoration of 19 February 1891, faceted mineral glass. Winding via gold crown, hand
position via stopper at 11 o'clock. Back cover with guilloché surface and free,
coat-of-arms-like monogram field. Silver-plated precision movement with Côtes de Geneve
cut, minute wheel set in gold chaton and screwed, winding with wolf toothing. Cut
compensation balance with Breguet hairspring. With beer lug/chatelaine in 585/- yellow
gold. Watch has very bad movement, in need of overhaul. Certificate and papers enclosed in
Spanish, German instruction manual.
Condition: D.
Movement: good condition, oxidised, scratched, regulating organ changed, partly restored, in need of restoration, poor movements.
Dial: good condition, original hands.
Case: good condition, scratched, dented, traces of wear, refurbished several times, glass defective, scratches.