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Noga Hilton, Geneva, Jun 14, 2003

LOT 146

Courvoisier Frères, Chaux de Fonds, circa 1850. Very fine 18K gold and enamel rectangular snuff-box set with diamonds and fitted with a watch.

CHF 6,000 - 8,000

EUR 4,000 - 5,400 / USD 4,700 - 6,200

Sold: CHF 14,375

C. Three-body, hinged spring-loaded lid decorated with a central oval medallion decorated with an applied flower branch decorated with rose cut diamonds, on an imperial blue translucent enamel ground, the box entirely engraved, the cover decorated with a geometrical pattern in dark blue translucent champlevé enamel. D. White enamel, Roman chapters, outer minute ring. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. 18 x 32.6 mm., rectangular, gilt brass bridge caliber, 10 jewels, cylinder escapement, plain gilt tree-arm balance, flat balance spring, index regulator with a pin protruding through the dial side.Signed on the gold plate surrounding the dial.Dim. 73 x 43 x 13 mm.Published in the Sandberg book, pp. 474-475.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3 - 6 - 21
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 2 - 01

Notes

Courvoisier Fréres A horological establishment which was founded in 1770 by J. Robert who took his son-in-law Louis Courvoisier into partnership. The firm changed names several times; in 1842 Henri-Louis Courvoisier and his younger brother Philippe Auguste named it Courvoisier Fréres. They also took other brothers into the partnership. After the death of Henri Edouard Courvoisier in 1882 the name changed again to Courvoisier & Fils. The company specialized in high quality watches. When the city of La Chaux-de-Fond needed a gift for Prussian King Frederick William IV, they entrusted Courvoisier Fréres with the making of it. It was reportedly the "thinnest watch in the world".