The Private Collection of Theodor Beyer

Hotel Baur Au Lac, Zurich, Nov 16, 2003

LOT 94

Beyer, Zurich, circa 1930. Fine and unusual stainless steel "Staybrite", astronomical keyless Art Deco dress watch with phases and age of the moon.

CHF 2,000 - 3,000

EUR 1,300 - 2,000 / USD 1,500 - 2,200

Sold: CHF 2,300

C. Three-piece, "variée carrure plate", polished. D. Silvered, Breguet numerals, moon phase aperture, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel "Breguet" hands. M. 36 mm (18''') rhodium-plated, 18 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring.Dial signed.Diam. 43 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

Beyer. In 1875 Chronométrie Beyer, a watch retailer, was one of the first businesses to move to the fashionable Bahnhofstrasse, to the newly built Petit Palais du Credit Suisse. When the bank needed more space in 1927, they asked Julius Beyer, the 5th generation of the Beyer family, to move, and Chronométrie Beyer moved to its present address at 31 Bahnhofstrasse in Zurich.