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Geneva, May 10, 2026

LOT 320

MORICAND, SWITZERLAND, GENEVE, DUAL TIME INDICATION SPECIAL 24 HOUR INDICATION, DAY AND DATE, 18K YELLOW GOLD

CHF 4,000 - 8,000

HKD 39,700 - 80,000 / USD 5,100 - 10,200 / EUR 4,400 - 8,700 / JPY 810,000 - 1,620,000

TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

Sold: CHF 4,750

A very fine and extremely rare, 18k gold, manual wind open-face key-winding pocket watch with dual meantime dials, one with 24-hour rotation and dual-date calendar. White enamel dial with outer Arabic numerals for the 24 hours, marked 12–12 and 12–24 in each half, the hour hand making one rotation in a 24-hour period, with outer minute track. Further subsidiary meantime dial with Arabic numerals and outer minute divisions, with subsidiary dials for the date and days of the week. Fine pierced gold tulip hands.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-75-01

Good

ENAMEL AND VARIOUS TYPES OF DECORATION Slightly restored soft enamel

HANDS Original

Brand Moricand, Switzerland

Year Circa 1790

Movement No. 34660

Caliber 45 mm, gilt brass full plate with turned pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, fl at balance spring, continental cock with polished steel endplate, silver regulation dial.

Diameter 54 mm.

Weight 100 gr.

Signature Dial and movement

Notes

This rare watch has the feature of a 24-hour dial which requires special gearing beneath the dial to facilitate the main hour hand to make one revolution in a 24-hour period, the smaller meantime dial making the usual 12-hour rotation. Both dials are set to the same time and the purpose of the watch was to allow the wearer to know if it was daytime or nightime. The small dial provides the time at a glance, then the diurnal and nocturnal hours are read from the 24-hour dial. Christian Moricand (1715-1791) was a watchmaker who from 1752 to 1755 was associated with his brother Benjamin and François Colladon. Several other associations followed.