June 30, 2020 Fine Pocket Watch
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/30/2020
18K Yellow Gold Fabrique Germinal, Swiss Minute Repeating Chronograph Hunter Case Pocket Watch, Circa 1890. Beautifully hand engraved/decorated on both lids with flowers and griffins. The shield on the front lid has not been monogrammed. The case is hallmarked, numbered "202122" and stamped "18K" within a shield topped with the Swiss Cross. Cuvette marked "Chronographe, Repetition a Minutes, No. 202122, Qualite Superieure, Fabrique Germinal, Chaux-De-Fonds, Suisse" with 6 awards. Very small pinhole in outer rim by chronograph button, otherwise in very good-excellent condition.
Condition: (Very Good-Excellent).
Case Material
18K Yellow Gold.
Case Type
Hunter Case, Hand-Engraved.
Dial
White enamel, single sunken.
Chapter
Roman with Arabic outer five minutes, black.
Subsidiary Dials
Constant seconds.
Hands
Gold breguet with gold spade chronograph pointer and blued steel seconds.
Movement
Keyless Lever-Set, unmarked.
Complications
Minute Repeater & Chronograph.
Signed
"Fabrique Germinal" on cuvette.
Condition
Excellent working order.