Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

Hong Kong, Jun 27, 2009

LOT 119

"Love Your Fellow Man, Lend Him a Helping Hand" Tempor Watch Co., Swiss. Made circa 1930. Fine and rare, silver, triangular, keyless, eight-day going, Masonic desk clock. Accompanied by the original leather-covered fitted box, the back with gold-embossed Masonic symbol. To be sold without reserve

HKD 35,000 - 45,000

USD 5,000 - 6,500 / EUR 3,500 - 4,500

C. Three-body, back centered with Solomon's Temple, Masonic symbols around, sides with Masonic symbols, front bezel decorated with chain links and a faceted blue stone at the top. D. Mother-of-pearl, triangular with colored painted Masonic symbols for the numerals, outer minute track, printed with the motto "Love Your Fellow Man, Lend Him a Helping Hand". Blued steel Masonic hands. M. 31 mm., 13 3/4''', rhodium-plated, 15 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Movement signed. Dim. 55 x 63 x 19 mm


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

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

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

This watch is based on a design patented in the USA by Theophile Schwab Loeillet from Geneva, 22 Rue de Mont-Blanc on Feb 3, 1925. Schwab established the company in the 1880s, and from about 1910 he traded as Tempor Watch Co.