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Geneva, November 8th-9th, 2025

Geneva, Nov 07, 2026

LOT 1

ECOLE PROFESSIONNELLE DE LA VALLEE DE JOUX, SWITZERLAND, “PIÈCE ÉCOLE”, MADE BY EDOUARD FALCY PERPETUAL CALENDAR MOONPHASE POCKET WATCH, GOLD PLATED

CHF 15,000 - 25,000

HKD 144,000 - 240,000 / USD 18,300 - 30,400 / EUR 16,200 - 27,000 / JPY 2,880,000 - 4,800,000

A very fine, elegant and rare, gold plated open-face, keyless-winding, round- shaped, perpetual calendar, leap year indication, phases of the moon pocket watch.

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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

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

Good

HANDS Original

Brand Ecole Professionnelle de la Vallee de Joux, Switzerland

Model “PIÈCE ÉCOLE”

Year Circa 1961

Movement No. 472

Caliber 38 mm., 19 jewels, rhodium plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, straight line lever escapement, swan-neck micrometer regulator, blued steel balance spring with terminal curve.

Diameter 47 mm.

Weight 73 gr.

Signature Movement

Accessories Original presentation box engraved “EPVJ” (École Professionnelle de la Vallée de Joux), accompanied by a rate certificate dated 20 March 1961.

Notes

School watches produced by the watchmaking schools of the Vallée de Joux are highly interesting witnesses to the region’s long tradition of technical education and precision watchmaking.
The present watch is particularly noteworthy for its perpetual calendar, a considerably more demanding complication than the simple calendar mechanisms commonly encountered in school watches. The importance of the present example is further enhanced by the survival of its original presentation box, engraved “EPVJ”, as well as its original rate certificate (“Bulletin de marche”) dated 20 March 1961. These original documents provide valuable evidence of the watch’s provenance and its direct association with the educational environment of the Vallée de Joux.