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Hotel Nogalhilton Geneve, Nov 11, 2001
LOT 212
Wig-Wag, retailed by Gübelin Lucerne. Produced in the 1930's.Interesting and rare, self-winding, rectangular, stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch.
CHF 800 - 1,000
USD 500 - 600
Sold: CHF 2,070
C. three-body, polished and brushed, stepped lugs. D. matte silver with painted indexes. "Bâton" blued steel hands. M. Cal. 10''', tonneau-shaped, the gilt brass movement, mounted on balls, rolls back and forth and winds the watch, 15 jewels, lever escapement, bimetallic balance, flat balance spring.Dial and movement signed.Dim. 25 x 41 mm.
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Grade: A |
Good |
Case: 4 - 7 |
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Movement: 4 - 5 - 6* |
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Dial: 3 - 01 |
Notes
In 1931, the "La Champagne" watch factory of Louis Müller & Co. patented a watch with "roll winding", which was launched under the name "Wig-Wag". Similar to the Rolls model, the movement is mounted in a rolling case. The back and forth movement of the wrist activates the automatic winding. The energy is transmitted to the mainspring by a jointed parallelogram lever, mounted in an elastic fashion, so as to function as a shock-absorber as well.