June 30, 2020 Fine Pocket Watch
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/30/2020
18K Gold Alfred Lugrin, New York City, Quarter-Hour Repeating Chronograph Open Face Pocket Watch with Rose-Cut Diamond Arrow Hands, Circa 1880's. Crisp clean engine-turned case with large fancy interlocking monogram, reading "BS III". Gruen case is signed, numbered and stamped with raised "18K" mark. Movement signed "A. Lugrin" below a 5-point star within a Swiss Federal Cross. There are a few tiny marks on crystal, otherwise in near mint condition.
Condition: (Excellent-Near Mint).
Case Material
18K Yellow Gold.
Case Type
Open Face, Engine Turned.
Dial
White Enamel, Single Sunken.
Chapter
Roman, with Arabic outer five minute divisions, black.
Subsidiary Dials
Constant Seconds.
Hands
Pink gold arrow w/rose-cut diamonds, pink seconds and gold spade chronograph pointer.
Movement
Keyless Lever-Set, Patent Apr.11.82.
Complications
Quarter-Hour Repeater, Chronograph.
Signed
"A. Lugrin" on movement.
Condition
Very good working order.