Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, May 13, 2012

LOT 325

DAUER TRIPLE DATE CALENDAR & MOON PHASE WATCH, THE RUSSIAN CHAPEL GENEVA J. Dauer, Genève, ?Chapelle Russe Genève?, No. 25576. Made circa 1870. Very fine and very rare, 18K pink gold, hunting cased, keyless pocket watch with triple date calendar and moon phases, the case engraved with a depiction of the Russian Chapel in Geneva.

CHF 3,500 - 5,500

USD 3,800 - 6,000 / EUR 3,000 - 4,500

Sold: CHF 8,750

C. Four-body, bassine et fi lets, polished band, engine-turned covers with polished borders, the front with engraved foliate monogram ?JT?, the back with a fi nely engraved depiction entitled ?Chapelle Russe, Genève?, hand and calendar setting pins in the band. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track and Arabic fi ve-minute numerals, subsidiary dials for the seconds, the date and the days of the week, ?digital? months aperture and aperture for the moon phases. Gold spade hands. M. 41 mm, rhodium plated with fausses cotes decoration, 19 jewels, some in screwed chatons, counterpoised straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Cuvette signed. Diam. 51 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent
Case: 2

Very good
Movement: 3*

Good

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

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

The Russian Church in Geneva (Cathédrale de l'Exaltation de la Sainte Croix) is located at 18, Rue Beaumont. The Grand Duchess Anna Fyodorovna, sister-in-law of Tsar Alexander I and aunt of Queen Victoria, was a long-time resident of Geneva and funded its construction in 1863. Built over the remains of a 16th-century Benedictine priory, it was designed by Grimm, a professor at the St-Petersburg Academy, and completed in 1866.