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LOT 141

PAUL DITISHEIM, SWITZERLAND, "CHRONOMÈTRE DE BORD", "CHRONOMÈTRE DE BORD", AWARDED FIRST PRIZE AT BOTH THE OBSERVATORIES OF NEUCHÂTEL, SWITZERLAND, AND THE NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY OF KEW & TEDDINGTON, ENGLAND., SILVER

CHF 10,000 - 20,000

HKD 96,000 - 192,000 / USD 12,200 - 24,300 / EUR 10,800 - 21,600 / JPY 1,920,000 - 3,840,000

An extremely fine, impressive and rare, silver, manual wind Keyless deck chronometer watch fitted with a Guillaume balance. Massive polished case with fluted band, the back stamped with the maker’s trademark, and hinged silver cuvette. Matte silver dial with champlevé radial Roman numerals and outer minute track, 52-hour up-and-down power reserve indicator, subsidiary seconds, and engraved in red « Grand Prix Paris 1900 ». Blued steel spade hands. Awarded First Prize at both the Neuchâtel Observatory in Switzerland and the National Physical Laboratory of Kew & Teddington in England.


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Grade:
Case: 3-8

Good

Slightly scratched

Movement: 3-6*

Good

Slightly oxidized

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-6-01

Good

Slightly oxidized

HANDS Original

Brand Paul Ditisheim, Switzerland

Model "CHRONOMÈTRE DE BORD"

Year Circa 1924/25

Movement No. 65018

Case No. 65020

Caliber 55 mm., matte gilt, 21 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, anibal-brass Guillaume balance with gold temperature screws, adjusted to nine positions and isochronism, blued steel Breguet balance spring, going train jeweled to the center with end stones on the entire escapement, index regulator.

Diameter 65 mm.

Signature Dial, case and movement, case by the master casemaker G. Perrenoud-Fasel & Cie.