Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

Grand Havana Room, May 26, 2004

LOT 191

"Modernista", Courvoisier Frères, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Swiss. Produced circa 1910 for "Cigarillos Excelsior", for the South American market. Interesting and unusual, pink gold-filled, digital jumping-hour dress watch with retrograde minute hand.

USD 600 - 800

EUR 500 - 650

Sold: USD 920

C. Four-body,"demi-bassine", engine-turned back cover with blank shield, gilt hinged cuvette etched in Art Nouveau style. D. Guilloché silver, above sector with painted Arabic numerals for the retrograde minute indication, below aperture for the hours, subsidiary seconds dial. M. Cal.18''', rhodium-plated, damascened, straight line lever escapement, bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator.Cuvette signed, stamped with the maker's mark inside back cover and on the dial.Diam. 50 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3 - 5 - 6 - 01

Notes

This watch is part of a series ordered by "Cigarillos Excelsior" and destined to be given to their best customers. Gabriel Lopez Mantaras patented the design.