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Grand Havana Room, New York, Mar 13, 2002

LOT 126

Courvoisier Freres, ?Modernista?, Swiss, circa 1910. Interesting, 9K gold-filled, keyless digital jumping-hour watch with retrograde fly-back minute hand.

USD 500 - 700

Sold: USD 863

C. four-body, ?demi-bassine?, back cover engine-turned in a Barleycorn pattern, gold hinged cuvette etched in the Art Nouveau style. D. gilded, engine-turned center, top with retrograde Arabic minute scale, aperture for the jump hours below 12 o?clock. M. 38mm (17'''), rhodium-plated, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 15 jewels, lever escape-ment, uncut bimetallic balance, flat balance spring, index regulator. Cuvette signed. Stamped with the maker?s mark inside the back cover. Dial signed ?Cigarillos Excelsior?. Diam. 51 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

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

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

The mechanism is based on a Swiss Patent No. 27838, issued to Gabriel Lopez Mantaras of Saragosse, and registered on May 5, 1903. Modernista was Courvoisier Freres trademark, registered in 1903, for marketing Mantaras system watches.