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Noga Hilton, Geneva, Jun 14, 2003
LOT 131
Aime ton semblable, , tends lui une main secourable. Tempor Watch Co., Swiss, circa 1930. Fine silver, triangular keyless eight day-going Masonic watch.
CHF 3,000 - 4,000
EUR 2,000 - 4,000 / USD 2,300 - 3,100
C. Three-piece, back centered with Solomon's Temple, Masonic symbols around, front bezel decorated with Masonic symbols. D. Triangular white enamel, painted with vari-colored Masonic symbols for the numerals, outer minute divisions, printed with the title motto. M. 31 mm., rhodium-plated, 15 jewels, straight line lever escapement, monometallic balance with self-compensating flat balance spring.Signed on the movement.Dim. 67 mm height (with bow).
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: A |
Good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3 - 01 |
Notes
The watch is based on a design patented in the USA by Theophile Schwab Loeillet from Geneva, 22 Rue de Mont-Blanc two blocks from Antiquorum on Feb 3, 1925 o. 66542. In 1923 he patented another version in Switzerland under the patent o. 100509. An inscription on the watch states that it was modified again and patented in Switzerland under the o. 25265. Schwab established the company in the 1880s, from about 1910 it traded as Tempor Watch Co.