Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces.

Geneva, Nov 13, 2010

LOT 402

Technicum Le Locle Ecole D?horlogerie & Lugrin ? Minute Repeating Watch Technicum Le Locle, Ecole d?Horlogerie. Made circa 1940. The movement by A. Lugrin. Made in 1889. Gilt brass, minute-repeating keyless watch with transparent dial.

CHF 6,000 - 8,000

USD 6,000 - 8,000 / EUR 4,500 - 6,000

C. Three-body, polished, transparent back.. D. Transparent plexiglass with applied gilt dot indexes and Arabic quarter-hour numerals. Gilt baton hands. M. Cal. CH782, 19???, rhodium plated, 29 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance-spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Movement signed under the hour hammer. Diam. 54.9 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good
Case: 4-27

Fair

Custom-made
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-27-01

Good

Custom-made

HANDS Original

Notes

This watch was made by a student at the Technicum Le Locle horological school using the movement by Lugrin as the basis for building the watch.