Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jun 27, 2015

LOT 689

AGASSIZ WORLD TIME RETAILED BY TRABERT & HOEFFER MAUBOUSSIN PINK GOLD Agassiz Watch Co., Swiss, No. 307963. Made in the 1940s. Very fine and elegant, World Time, 14K pink gold wristwatch.

HKD 125,000 - 200,000

USD 16,000 - 26,000 / CHF 15,000 - 24,000

Sold: HKD 162,500

Two-body, polished, claw lugs, snap-on case back. tear drop lugs. Two-tone silver with printed Roman quarter hour numerals and baton indexes, outer minute track, concentric revolving dial in 24 hours for the nocturnal and diurnal hours, outer graduation bearing the names of 31 cities in the world. Pink gold dauphine and circle hands. Cal. 9 1/2''', rhodium-plated, fausses-côtes decoration, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance adjusted to temperatures, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3-9

Good

Scratched
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

Dial, case and movement signed. DIAM. 30 mm. THICKNESS 8 mm. The "World Time" system was invented around 1935 by LOUIS COTTIER (1894-1966), famous independent watchmaker in Geneva. This "World Time" system was used by AGASSIZ and other major manufacturers in the Swiss watch industry, such as PATEK PHILIPPE, ROLEX and VACHERON CONSTANTIN. It is extremely rare to find a well-preserved Agassiz Worldtime piece, especially in pink gold. 14K gold cases were designated for the US Market as shown by the name of the retailer TRABERT & HOEFFER - MAUBOUSSIN on the dial.