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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 12, 1996

LOT 105

Ulysse Nardin, Locle & Geneve, No. 83659, case No. 372668 decorated by Huguenin Freres, December 1919. "Tir Federal, Bellinzona, 1929". Fine 18K gold, keyless watch, awarded prize at the Bellinzona shooting contest in 1929.

CHF 2,500 - 3,000

C. Four body, massive, "demi-bassine" with polished borders and band, the matted back decorated by Huguenin with a sitting maiden holding a laurel branch. Hinged gold cuvette engraved: Tiro Federale 1929 Bellinzona. D. White enamel with bolt Breguet numerals, outer blue Arabic ring for hours from 13 to 24 and sunk subsidiary seconds. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 19"', frosted and gilt, bar calibre, 19 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring with swan neck micrometric index. Signed on the dial, case and movement. In very good condition. Diam. 49 mm.


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This watch is illustrated by Jean L. Martin in Montre de tir suisses, 1976, p. 99.