The Longitude at the Eve of the Third...
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 23, 1999
LOT 189
Courvoisier Frères, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Modernista, made for Cigarillos Excelsior, circa 1905.Unusual 9K gold keyless digital jumping hour watch with flying back minute hand.Swiss Patent No. 27838, registered on May 5, 1903 by Gabriel Lopez Montaras, Saragos.
CHF 800 - 1,000
Sold: CHF 2,070
C. Three body, "bassine et filets", engine-turned. Silver gilt cuvette. D. Silvered, engine-turned with aperture for the jumping digital hour, half moon sector for minutes and subsidiary seconds. Blued steel "spade" hand. M. 17''', nickel plated, 15 jewels, straight line lever escapement, bimetallic balance, flat balance spring.Signed on the cuvette.Accompanied by a copy of the Swiss patent.Diam. 50 mm.
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Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 4 - 4 |
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Movement: * 4 - 6 |
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Dial: 3 - 01 |