Collector's Pocket Watches, Wristwatc...
Noga Hilton, Geneva, Apr 12, 2003
LOT 271
Unknown, probably La Chaux-de-Fonds, Swiss, 1830's and 1840's.Extremely rare album of case designs. Printed from the actual watch cases or master plates, the album
CHF 5,000 - 7,000
EUR 3,500 - 4,800 / USD 3,700 - 5,200
Sold: CHF 3,565
contains 43 pages, each plate with approximately 12 designs. Leather spine, marble boards, 23 x 18 cm.The artist was a casemaker for Ami Sandoz, Fritz Courvoisier, Perret & Co., all from La Chaux-de-Fonds area. The album includes a design for John Hyde & Son of London & Paris, which suggests that either Sandoz, Courvoisier or Perret had business relations with them. There are designs for watches destined for different countries, such as USA (Washington), India, or Poland
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A very rare album.