Collector's Pocket Watches, Wristwatc...

Noga Hilton, Geneva, Apr 12, 2003

LOT 276

Lot of 15 horological books and one handwritten document, comprising:

1. " Le Chronographe" 4th edition, by B. Humbert, Lausanne, 1965, 175 pages; 2. "Watch dials of the French Revolution" from 1789 to 1800, by Roberto Panicali, Lausanne, 1972, 175 pages; 3. " Les Chronomètres de Marine", by the State's observatory of Neuchâtel (Switzerland), Neuchâtel, 1892, 23 pages; 4. " Ebauches" 4th edition, by A. Schild, Neuchâtel (Switzerland), 1938, 176 pages; 5. " Histoire de l'Ecole d'horlogerie La Chaux-de-Fonds", by Samuel Guye, published for the 100 anniversary of thschool (1865-1965), La Chaux-de-Fond, 1965, 200 pages; 6. "Les derniers artisans de l'horlogerie " 2nd volume, by Roland Carrera, edited by "La Suisse Horlogère", La Chaux-de-Fond, 102 pages; 7. " Jean-Antoine Lépine", by Adolphe Chapiro, Paris, 1988, 277 pages; 8. "Le Temps", by François Le Lionnais, France, 1959, 110 pages; 9. "Centenaire de la fabrication de l'assortiment à ancre au Locle" 1850-1950, by Jean Pellaton, Le Locle (Switzerland), 1950, 39 pages with additional pictures; 10. "Diehr - Zeitmesser and Schmuck in fünf Jahrunderten", by Alfred Leiter and Dr. Alma Helfrich-Dörner, Germany, 1967, 358 pages; 11. " Contribution à l'amélioration du réglage des montres ancre", by René Gygax, La Chaux-de-Fonds, 1968, 92 pages; 12. "Catalogue of the Swiss watch", edited by F. Brun, Zurich (Switzerland), 1951, 187 pages; 13. "Die Geschichte der Uhr", by R. Mühe and H. Kahlert, Germany, 1983, 160 pages; 14. "Annuaire Franco-Suisse" from 1915 to 1952, elaborated by the Swiss Chamber ofCommerce in France, Paris, 1950; 15. "La grande horloge", by Alain Caudine, Paris, 1992, 271 pages; 15. Document by Pierre Fréderic Sémon and Robert Tefrot, dated 1816, concerning fees for teaching watchmaking.