95th Auction
2017/5/6
Lot 452
Eugène LeCoultre, Rue Bonivarde 4, Genève, Case No. 23476, 50 mm, 103 g, circa 1870
A fine quarter repeating hunting case pocket watch
Case: 18k gold. Dial: enamel. Movm.: bridge movement, gold screw compensation balance.
The front of this fine pocket watch shows an exquisitely fine engraved monogram MTG set with black enamel. The back shows the engraved coat of arms of an English noble family, with a rampant lion within a garter.
The Eugène LeCoultre company was active in the second half of the 19th century and produced very fine and extremely complicated watches, some of them with perpetual calendars. In 1880 the company was awarded first prize in the chronometer test at the Geneva observatory.
A fine quarter repeating hunting case pocket watch
Case: 18k gold. Dial: enamel. Movm.: bridge movement, gold screw compensation balance.
The front of this fine pocket watch shows an exquisitely fine engraved monogram MTG set with black enamel. The back shows the engraved coat of arms of an English noble family, with a rampant lion within a garter.
The Eugène LeCoultre company was active in the second half of the 19th century and produced very fine and extremely complicated watches, some of them with perpetual calendars. In 1880 the company was awarded first prize in the chronometer test at the Geneva observatory.
Sold
estimated
2.200—3.500 €
Price realized
2.600 €