Important Collectors Watches, Pocket ...

Geneva, Mar 29, 2009

LOT 3

Zurich Schuetzenfest - 1907 International Watch Co., Schaffhausen, movement No. 375081, case No. 400977. Made for the 1907 Schuetzenfest, Zurich. Fine and rare, silver, keyless pocket watch with cast high-relief case. Accompanied by the original fitted box and Bulletin de Marche. To be sold without reserve

CHF 1,000 - 2,000

USD 850 - 1,700 / EUR 700 - 1,400

Sold: CHF 840

C. Cast with two female heads in profile and signed A. Boesch.sc., Holy Frs. grav., the oak and laurel leaf border inscribed EIDG.SCHUETZENFEST IN ZUERICH.1907, oak and laurel cast bezel, cast scroll bow. Hinged silver cuvette inscribed Uhrenfabrik von J. Rauschenbach's Erben vormals International Watch Co., Schaffhausen. D. White enamel dial with Arabic numerals, outer minute track with luminous dot five-minute divisions, subsidiary seconds. Luminous blued steel skeleton hands. M. 18''', frosted gilt movement, 17 jewels, screwed chatons, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator. Cuvette and movement signed. Diameter 53 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 2*

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

The Schützenfest (German "marksmen's festival")
Is an annual traditional event celebrated in the Northwest regions of Germany, Bavaria, and Switzerland. It is a kind of fair featuring a shooting match among members of the local marksmen's association and usually takes place in summer. At a Schützenfest, contestants prove their shooting ability, for example by aiming at a wooden eagle. The winner becomes the 'Schützenkönig' ("king of marksmen") until the following year's competition.