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Geneva, Jun 15, 2003
LOT 418
Courvoisier Frères, La Chaux-de-Fonds, 'Modernista', Swiss, No. 28051, circa 1910. Interesting gold-filled digital jumping-hour watch with retrograde minute hand.
CHF 1,200 - 2,000
C. Four-body, "demi-bassine", back cover engine-turned in barley corn pattern, gold hinged cuvette etched in the Art Nouveau style. D. Gilt, engine-turned center, top with retrograde minute scale, aperture for the hours. M. 38.3 mm. (17'''), rhodium-plated, "fausses côtes" decoration, 15 jewels, straight line lever escapement, bimetallic balance, flat balance spring, index regulator.Signed on the cuvette, stamped with the maker's mark inside back cover and on the dial. Diam. 50 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: A |
Good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |