Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Oct 04, 2009

LOT 270

Sun Yat-Sen Pair of Presentation Watches Magno, Swiss, No. 53491 & No. 53105. Made for presentation to Taiwanese officials and celebrating the loyalty of Taiwan to Sun Yat-Sen, circa 1920. Fine, pair of silver and enamel, hunting cased, keyless dress watches. Accompanied by a fitted case.

CHF 2,000 - 3,000

USD 1,900 - 2,800 / EUR 1,300 - 2,000

Sold: CHF 5,640

C. Three-body, ?demi-bassine et filets", polished, band with cast stylised foliage, the front cover decorated in blue enamel with a portrait of Sun Yat-Sen beneath Chinese characters and dragon border, the back cover decorated in blue and red enamel with the crossed flags of the President of the Republic of China and Taiwan, clasped hands below and with a dragon border. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, subsidiary seconds, Chinese characters below 12. Blued steel spade hands. M. 15 ½???, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, 15 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator. Case signed. Diam. 45 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 2-01

Very good

HANDS Original

Notes

Sun Yat-Sen 1866 ?1925 was a Chinese revolutionary and political leader. As the foremost pioneer of Republican China, Sun is frequently referred to as the Father of the Nation. He played an instrumental role in overthrowing the Qing Dynasty in October 1911, the last imperial dynasty of China. He was the first provisional President when the Republic of China was founded in 1912 and later co-founded the Kuomintang where he served as its first leader. Sun was a uniting figure in post?Imperial China, and remains unique among 20th-century Chinese politicians for being widely revered in both mainland China and Taiwan.