23rd Mar, 2019 10:00 GMT/BST
Sold for £8,800
Estimated at £5,000 - £7,000
23.01.19, Case with surface scratches, lugs with small dents, case back with an engraved inscription D.Bollon, crown with one minor dent, bezel insert with minor scratches visible under an eyeglass, luminous pip at 12 matches the dial and hands luminous, plexi glass with scratches, original dial finish in good condition, luminous markers are very slightly discoloured in parts, luminous has slight shrunk to the markers, small cracks to the luminous in the hands visible under an eyeglass, later strap and buckle, hand setting correctly, crown is screwing down onto the case threaded portion correctly, movement is clean and in going order.
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Auction: Spring Fine Art Sale (Part I), 23rd Mar, 2019
Spring Fine Art Sale (Part I)
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