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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 24, 1999
LOT 83
Swiss, circa 1780. Fine and rare silver pedometer.
CHF 1,500 - 1,800
Sold: CHF 1,984
C. Double body, Louis XV, polished D. White enamel with Arabic three concentric scales, respectively calibrated for 1 to 6, 1 to 100 and 1 to 360 miles. Gilt brass Louis XV hands. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with square baluster pillars and three pull cord operated superimposed click works. Diam. 51 mm.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: *3 |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-01 |
Good HANDS Original |
Notes
Literature
A virtually identical pedometer from the Ernest Bore]
Collection in Neuchatel, was wrongly described as English made
and illustrated by Alfred Chapuis and Eugene Jacquet in La
montre automatique ancienne, un siecle et demie d'laistoire, Neuchatel
1952, p. 93, fig. 117-118.