Important Wristwatches, Watches & Clocks
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 17, 1992
LOT 38
Loehr, Perpetuelle, Breveté S.G.D.G., No. 1127, Swiss, circa 1885.
CHF 1,400 - 1,600
Sold: CHF 1,380
Small silver self winding watch. Four body bassine et filets, case with engine turned back. Silver cuvette. White enamel dial with Roman numerals and subsidiary seconds. Patented gilt brass movement with the winding weight pivoted on the edge of the back plate, cylinder escapement. Diam. 46 mm.
Notes
Good example of the type of self winding watches, as
patented in January 10th, 1878, by A. von Loehr, a
Viennese engineer. For more development about this
type of watches, see A. Chapuis and E. Jaquet, The
füstory of the Self-winding watch, pages 213 to 217.