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Geneva, November 8th-9th, 2025

Geneva, Nov 07, 2026

LOT 3

ECOLE D'HORLOGERIE GENEVOISE, SWITZERLAND, “PIÈCE ÉCOLE”, MADE BY ARMAND CRONBERY, SILVER AND GOLD

CHF 3,000 - 5,000

HKD 28,600 - 47,700 / USD 3,700 - 6,100 / EUR 3,300 - 5,400 / JPY 580,000 - 960,000

TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

A fine, silver, manual wind open-face Geneva Watchmaking School pocket watch, so-called “pièce-école”, with white enamel dial and subsidiary seconds at 3 o’clock. Silver cuvette with glazed aperture framed by a silver rim.


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good

Case: 3-8

Good

Slightly scratched

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Brand Ecole d'Horlogerie Genevoise, Switzerland

Year Circa 1885

Caliber 42 mm., 19 jewels, frosted gilt, going barrel, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensated balance with gold poising screws and blued steel hairspring with terminal curve, polished steel index-regulator.

Diameter 53 mm.

Signature Dial, case and movement