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Geneva, Sep 22, 2021

LOT 91

International Watch Company, IWC
Digital pocket watch, Pallweber’s patented display; 14K pink gold

CHF 1,000 - 2,000

EUR 950 - 1,850 / USD 1,100 - 2,200 / HKD 8,600 - 17,100

TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

Sold: CHF 2,375

14K pink gold, hunting-case, keyless-winding, round-shaped, pocket watch, with subsidiary seconds at 6 and patented digital display.

Guilloché (engine-turned) cover and case-back, with, in the centre, a circle; gilded metal cuvette (dome).

White enamel dial with apertures for the Arabic numerals.

Movement 18’’’, gilded brass, going barrel, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensated balance with gold poising screws and blued steel flat hairspring, polished steel index-regulator.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

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

Good

HANDS Original

Brand International Watch Co., Schaffhausen / Schaffhouse

Year circa 1885

Movement No. 11 783

Case No. 13 564 (by J.G & Co., an American case-maker)

Material 14K pink gold

Diameter 52.3 mm.

Caliber 18’’’, straight-line lever escapement

Weight 132.3 gr. (approx.)

Signature movement

Accessories copy of the invention patent

Notes

Movement based on the English invention patent No. 5 863, delivered on December 8, 1882 (letter patents dated July 8, 1883), to Josef (or Joseph) Pallweber (?-?), Salzburg (then Austria-Hungary Empire), for “Improvements in Time-Pieces”, for a watch without hands, with digital jump-hours and -minutes device.

This patent is also registered in other countries:
· German invention patent No. 25 042, delivered on May 18, 1883.
· Spanish invention patent No. 36 668, delivered on August 29, 1884.
· American invention patent No. 312 754, delivered on February 24, 1885.
· Canadian invention patent No. 26 958, delivered on June 15, 1887.

This patent is used by the International Watch Company, IWC, Schaffhausen, under the management of Johannes Rauschenbach-Schenk (1856-1905), and, the Manufacture Cortébert Watch Co., Juillard & Co., Cortébert (Bernese Jura), under the management of Albert Juillard-Morel (1827-1909).

Very soon, the invention is upgraded and registered in different countries:

· French invention patent No. 172 545, delivered on November 26, 1885.
· British invention patent No. 4 978, delivered on April 9, 1886.
· German invention patent, delivered on April 12, 1886.
· American invention patent No. 359 227, delivered on March 8, 1887.

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: 25% of the hammer price on each lot.

Important notice – Special conditions 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. The lots are sold “as is”, described to the best of our knowledge and cannot be returned. Once the online bid is placed by the bidder, it cannot be cancelled.