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Geneva, May 15, 2005
LOT 8
Swiss, made circa 1935. Very fine and exceptional miniature model of a watchmaker's bench with miniature machines and hand tools. Wooden bench with four-drawers, three-legged stool with height adjustment, miniature anglepoise lamp, stepped base with glazed cover. Miniature machines: face plate engine driven by a treadle, rounding-up tool, polishing tool, balance-wheel adjust-ment tool in a case inscribed J.R. 1934. Miniature hand tools: hammer, six hand-files, tweezers, oil-can, small vice, calipers, three depthing gauges, punching device. Dim. 25 x 16 x 18 cm. In good condition, cleaned
CHF 33,000 - 43,000
EUR 21,000 - 28,000 / USD 28,000 - 37,000
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The model machines and hand-tools are exquisitely made and several of them have some moving parts. These pieces
have been made by a highly skilled craftsman and are extremely rare.
A single miniature model of a face plate engine measuring a slightly larger 6.3 cm was sold by Antiquorum, Geneva,
?The Evolution of Forms in Horology?, November 16, 2002. Sold including buyer's premium:13,225 SFR.