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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 02, 2000
LOT 39
Meyrat & Perdrizet, Breveté S.G.D.G., Alse. Beaudroit Fabricant, Seloncourt (Doubs), France,No. 507, circa 1900.Unusual, nickel, large, keyless watch with centre-seconds and calculator.
CHF 1,600 - 2,000
Sold: CHF 2,760
C. Three-body, ?bassine et filets?, polished. D. White enamel with Roman numerals, outer Arabic minute and seconds ring and silvered revolving calculator scale. Blued steel ?spade? hands. M. 18???, gilt brass, cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring.Diam. 60 mm.
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Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 4 - 6 |
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Movement: * 3 |
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Dial: 4 - 5 - 04 |
Notes
Although it is not signed and fitted with centre-seconds, this watch is identical to all the other watches of this type produced by Alse. Beaudroit Fabricant, Seloncourt (Doubs) under the patent applied by Meyrat & Perdrizet for their watches with calculator. Please refer to Antiquorum auctions: New York, June 20, 1988, lot 25, and Geneva, October 17, 1993, lot 34.Accompanied by a photocopy of the original instructions by Meyrat & Perdrizet: Instruction sur un Cercle à Calcul fixé sur une montre ordinaire. Luxeuil, Imprimerie M. Pattegay - 1899.