Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Hong Kong, Jul 23, 2020

LOT 103

Théophile Schwab Loeillet
8-day going masonic wallet-watch, triangular-shaped case and enamel dial with Masonic emblems; gilded and chromium-plated metal and leather

HKD 4,000 - 6,400

CHF 500 - 800 / USD 530 - 850

Gilded and chromium-plated metal and leather, keyless-winding, triangular-shaped, 8-day going wallet-watch. The wallet decorated with, in the centre, the Eye of Providence, Square and Compass, below, the Temple of Salomon with its two columns surrounded by the letters “J” and “B”, at the top the letter “G” (God, Gnose or Geometry). White enamel dial with the precept “Love your fellow-man, lend him a helping hand” and different Masonic symbols in place of the numerals (working tools of the various degrees of Freemasonry); clockwise: Eye of Providence, Level, Crescent Moon, a column of the Temple of Solomon with the letter “J” (Jachin), Mallet, Compass and Rule Level, Skull, Ax and Stone, Square, a column of the Temple of Solomon with the letter “B” (Boaz), Sun, Trowel, and, at the top, the Holy Spirit.


Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 3-6*

Good

Slightly oxidized

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-71

Good

ENAMEL AND VARIOUS TYPES OF DECORATION Hairlines

Brand Tempor Watch Co, Geneva

Year circa 1925-1930

Case No. 120 740 / 30

Caliber 14’’’, lever escapement, 3 adjustments

Dimensions 104.5 x 113.4 x 21 mm.

Signature movement

Accessories copy of the invention patent

Notes

Case and dial based on the Swiss invention patent No. 100 509, delivered on August 1st, 1923, to Georges Schwab-Loeillet, Geneva, for a “Montre-Portefeuille” (Wallet-watch).