Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces
Monaco, Jul 21, 2021
LOT 226
Bueche-Girod
Self-winding, centre-seconds, date, Volvo automobile radiator grill; 18K white gold (“New Old Stock”)
Self-winding, centre-seconds, date, Volvo automobile radiator grill; 18K white gold (“New Old Stock”)
EUR 3,000 - 5,000
USD 3,600 - 6,000 / HKD 27,700 - 46,200
18K white gold, self-winding, asymmetrical horizontal rectangular-shaped gentleman’s wristwatch in the shape of a Volvo automobile radiator grill, central “Vendôme”-type screwed lugs, snap-on case-back, dark grey colour and blue enamel dial and one horological complication:
• Instantaneous date of the month (aperture at 3 o’clock)
• Instantaneous date of the month (aperture at 3 o’clock)
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 1 |
As new |
Movement: 1* |
As new Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 1-01 |
As new HANDS Original |
Brand Bueche-Girod, Bienne / Biel
Model Volvo
Year circa 1968-1970
Case No. 89 806 (by Guillod, Gunther S.A., La Chaux-de-Fonds)
Bracelet black leather strap
Buckle stainless steel buckle
Caliber 11’’’ (based on 1862 / 63 by AS, André Schild, Grenchen / Granges), 21 600 v / h
Dimensions 34.1 x 37.8 mm
Signature dial, case and movement
Notes
Bueche-Girod
House founded in Biel / Bienne at the beginning of the 1950s by V. Buèche-Girod. It remains famous for its self-winding wristwatches, triple date with or without moon phase, from the 1950s, then the extra-thin ones from the 1960s. During the years 1960-1970, Bueche-Girod was one of the subcontractors of Cartier, Paris, for the manufacture of men’s and lady’s wristwatches. Next came wristwatches representing the radiator grill of cars, including Mercedes, Lancia and Volvo; these models were presented at the 1968 Basel Fair and were mostly made in white gold. In 1956, Roy C. King of Watford (Hertfordshire; about thirty kilometres northwest of London) set up a Bueche-Girod sales agency for the import of Swiss watches and other items of Swiss horology into Great Britain. In 1974, a Bueche-Girod agency was established in New York. The company does not recover from the quartz crisis and disappears at the end of the 1970s or the very beginning of the 1980s.
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*a 20% import VAT is due on the hammer price with buyer's premium, plus 150€ for termination oftemporary export, at buyer's expense, only if it is delivered within the EU
House founded in Biel / Bienne at the beginning of the 1950s by V. Buèche-Girod. It remains famous for its self-winding wristwatches, triple date with or without moon phase, from the 1950s, then the extra-thin ones from the 1960s. During the years 1960-1970, Bueche-Girod was one of the subcontractors of Cartier, Paris, for the manufacture of men’s and lady’s wristwatches. Next came wristwatches representing the radiator grill of cars, including Mercedes, Lancia and Volvo; these models were presented at the 1968 Basel Fair and were mostly made in white gold. In 1956, Roy C. King of Watford (Hertfordshire; about thirty kilometres northwest of London) set up a Bueche-Girod sales agency for the import of Swiss watches and other items of Swiss horology into Great Britain. In 1974, a Bueche-Girod agency was established in New York. The company does not recover from the quartz crisis and disappears at the end of the 1970s or the very beginning of the 1980s.
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*a 20% import VAT is due on the hammer price with buyer's premium, plus 150€ for termination oftemporary export, at buyer's expense, only if it is delivered within the EU