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Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Oct 13, 2001

LOT 696

Courvoisier Frères, La Chaux-de-Fonds, "Modernista", Swiss, circa 1910.Interesting 18K yellow gold digital jumping hour watch with retrograde minute hand.

CHF 1,000 - 1,300

USD 600 - 800

Sold: CHF 1,380

C. Four-body, "demi-bassine", back cover engine-turned in barleycorn pattern, gold hinged cuvette, etched in Art Nouveau pattern. D. Gilded, center decorated in zigzag pattern, top with retrograde minute scale, aperture for the hours. M. 17''', rhodiumed, straight line lever escapement, bimetallic balance, flat balance-spring, index regulator, pin-set.Signed on the cuvette, stamped with the maker's mark inside back cover and on the dial.Diam. 50 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good

Case: 3 - 6
Movement: 3 - 5 - 6*
Dial: 3 - 01

Notes

The design was registered by Swiss patent No. 27838.