Importantes Montres de Collection

Geneva, May 15, 2011

LOT 130

Jaeger-LeCoultre for Dunhill - Gold Pocket Compendium Jaeger-LeCoultre, ?Vanity?, movement No. 548705, retailed by Alfred Dunhill, the case by Matteo Cellini ?Bando?, with London hallmarks for 1949-1950. Fine and very rare, 9K gold pocket compendium with cigarette case, lighter, telescopic pencil, penknife, concealed ivory writing tablet, drill, stamp container, ruler and watch.

CHF 6,000 - 8,000

USD 6,600 - 8,800 / EUR 4,500 - 6,000

Sold: CHF 11,250

C. Seven-body, rectangular, engine-turned with a checkered pattern, the upper edge engraved with an inch ruler scale, the reverse edge with a millimeter scale, hinged cover for the cigarette case with ivory writing tablet concealed in a further hinged cover, lighter and tools with hinged covers, the watch in a further hinged compartment with hinged and sprung stamp compartment behind. D. Brushed gold with painted baton indexes and Arabic quarter-hour numerals, inner minute track. Blued steel epee hands. M. 6???, gilt, tonneau, 15 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, flat balance spring, index regulator. Dial and movement signed Jaeger-LeCoultre, the case signed Dunhill, London, with punch mark AD, also signed ?Bando? on the inner lid. im. 124 x 79 x 13 mm.


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Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

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

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

Bando (Matteo Cellini) A limited number of specially commissioned hand-crafted pieces were made every year for Dunhill?s wealthiest clients. This exclusive production was assigned to the best artisans in Europe. One of these, Matteo Cellini, known as ?Bando?, made most of the compendiums for Dunhill. His signature can be found on the present compendium. The ?Bando? signature signifies that a piece is high-end small series production and that the highest peaks in craftsmanship had been reached. The compendium can be considered a portable writing desk. The original Dunhill catalogue read: ?This case is a masterpiece of ingenious assemblage. It consists of a cigarette case, telescopic pencil, pocket knife, stamp container, concealed ivory writing tablet, five-inch measure, lighter and watch. It was awarded First Prize for craftsmanship and design at the 1932 Goldsmiths? Exhibition?.
Literature: ?The Dunhill Petrol Lighter?, Blei & Bottoni, 2004, p. 32-33 & 176