Only Online Auction
Hong Kong, Sep 28, 2022
LOT 74
Eszeha
Purse-watch, book-shaped; silver and lacquer
HKD 4,000 - 8,000
EUR 550 - 1,050 / CHF 500 - 1,000 / USD 550 - 1,050TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE
Sold: HKD 6,875
Silver (0.925 sterling) and brown colour lacquer, hunting-case, keyless-winding, purse-watch in the shape of a book, with subsidiary seconds at 6.
Polished and lacquered hinged case-back and cover.
Silver colour dial, with suspended luminescent Arabic numerals; blued steel luminescent skeleton “Spade” hands.
Movement 10’’’, rhodium-plated, going barrel, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensated balancewith gold poising screws and flat blued steel hairspring, polished steel index-regulator.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: A |
Good |
Case: 3-9 |
Good Scratched |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-8-7 |
Good Slightly scratched Oxidized |
Brand Eszeha, Pforzheim, Baden-Württemberg Land (Germany)
Year circa 1930
Movement No. unnumbered
Case No. 64 949
Material silver (0.925 sterling)
Caliber 10’’’, straight-line lever escapement, 15 jewels
Dimensions 42 x 37.5 x 10 mm.
Signature dial and case
Notes
Eszeha
The house Eszeha was founded in 1904 in Pforzheim, Baden-Württemberg (Germany), by Karl (I) Scheufele (1877-1941). The company specialised in the manufacture of jewellery watches.
Karl (I) Scheufele invented a clip that allowed a pocket watch to be worn as a wristwatch, using an innovative system, which was patented in 1912. He subsequently filed numerous other patents, notably for purse-watches.
His son, Karl (II) Scheufele (1907-1966) took over the company after the First World War and passed it on in 1958 to Karl (III) Scheufele (1938), the grandson, then aged 20. It was the latter who, in 1963, bought the Chopard manufacture (L.U.C.) in Sonvilliers (Bernese Jura), founded in 1860 by Louis-Ulysse Chopard (1836-1915).
Karl (III) Scheufele and Karin Scheufele are the father of Karl-Friedrich Scheufele (1958) and Caroline Scheufele (1961), who currently co-manage the family group.
CONDITIONS AND INFORMATION FOR BUYERS.
The purchase price payable by a buyer will be the sum of the final bid price plus the buyer’s premium, together with any applicable sales or compensating use tax. In addition to the hammer price, the buyer’s premium is payable as follows: 26% of the hammer price on each lot.
Please look carefully at all the photos as they are an integral part of the description. Any defect not mentioned in the descriptions but visible on the photos will be considered as described and cannot lead to any claim. The dimensions are given as an indication and may slightly differ from the measures mentioned by the manufacturers especially for contemporary watches. The photos are not retouched. Colors may differ from reality. For timepieces, we guarantee neither the functioning nor the precision of the movement, nor the water-resistance of the case. In addition, please note that movements, parts of mechanisms or cases may be incomplete.
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