DESCRIPTION:
A. Ulysse Grandjean, Lac de Joux, 20 jewels, stem wind and pin set cotes de Geneve decorated nickel bar movement with counterpoised lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance with gold screws, and gold endstone settings in an 18 karat, yellow gold, engine turned hunting case with owners name engraved on the engine turned gold cuvette, roman numeral single sunk white enamel dial with plum colored steel Breguet style hands, serial #916, 50.5mm, 117g TW
CONDITION:
CASE: A few dings; Very fine scratches on outer surface of case; Very fine scratches on cuvette; Engine turning on front & back with minor wear; Engine turning on band and cover edges with moderate wear, lower part of case worn smooth; Bow with minor wear; Crown shell worn through; Precious metal content marked. DIAL: Faint hairline, 1:00 to center, 6:00, tiny flakes at center of seconds bit. HANDS: Minute with minor oxide. MOVEMENT PLATES: Fine scratches on plate; More significant short scratches around set lever screw and adjacent bridge screw; Balance cock foot with pin pricks; A few small areas with minor discoloration and corrosion; Steel components with specks of oxide; Bottom plate with scratches near balance cock foot. MOVEMENT FUNCTION: Running order (winds, sets and ticks).
ESTIMATE:
$1200
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$1400
CIRCA: 1870
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