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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 18, 1998

LOT 331

C. Double body, Empire, polished, with reeled band. D. White enamel divided into four half-moon sectors for respectively: the hours, the minutes, the dates and clays of the week, on which the indication are pointed by the hands when depressing the pendant. Gold "arrow" hands. M. Hinged gilt-brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt-brass continental cock with polished-steel end-piece. Signed on the back plate. Diam. 56 mm.

CHF 14,000 - 16,000

Sold: CHF 16,100

C. Three body, Empire with reeled band and glazed back. D. Eccentric white enamel on the front face with Roman numerals, outer minutes ring , inner date indication and subsidiary regulator index at the top. Blued-steel skeletonised "pear" hands. White enamel on the rear face with concentric indications of the months with their number of clays, days of the week with the symbols of their planets and phase and age of the moon. Gold "arrow " hands. M. Gilt-brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, the plain brass three-arm balance with flat balance spring beneath the front dial. Signed Gorin on the front dial, signed Evrard and dated on the calendar dial. Diam. 53 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 1

As new
Movement: *2

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 4

Fair

Notes

Almost certainly unique, this watch, dated and with two signatures, was certainly made with a view to be patented. It appears to be an attempt by two watchmakers of the same town, to produce watches together, one being in charge of the going trains, the other of the calendar works. The two makers are not recorded and no other watch bearing their signatures is known to exist.