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H.A. FAVRE le LOCLE NO. 1407 MANUFACTURED CIRCA 1850 AN UNUSUAL GOLD, ENAMEL AND DIAMOND WALLET W...

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H.A. FAVRE le LOCLE NO. 1407 MANUFACTURED CIRCA 1850 AN UNUSUAL GOLD, ENAMEL AND DIAMOND WALLET W...
H.A. FAVRE
le LOCLE
NO. 1407
MANUFACTURED CIRCA 1850
AN UNUSUAL GOLD, ENAMEL AND DIAMOND WALLET WITH CONCEALED BUILT-IN WATCH
TONNEAU GILT CYLINDER MOVEMENT, PLAIN THREE-ARM BALANCE, WHITE ENAMEL DIAL, ROMAN NUMERALS, THE WATCH CONCEALED BY A HINGED
OVAL LID WITH TRANSLUCENT ENAMEL AND SET WITH DIAMONDS, HOUSED IN
A HINGED WALLET DIVIDED
INTO TWO COMPARTMENTS, CASE WITH ENGINE-TURNING AND FLOWER MOTIFS, THE OVAL LID COMPOSED OF DARK
BLUE TRANSLUCENT ENAMEL
AND A DIAMOND-COVERED FLOWER MOTIF
SIGNED ON MOVEMENT
AND CASE, NUMBERED
ON MOVEMENT AND CASE
WIDTH 74 MM
CHF 8,000-10,000
$ 5,400-6,600
this purse-watch IS ACCOMPANIED
BY A GILT METAL FOB COMPRIsED
OF TWO ATTACHED ELEMENTS SET
WITH BLUE TRANSLUCENT ENAMEL
AND DIAMONDS.
H.A. FAVRE WAS ONE OF THE FIFTY SWISS EXHIBITORS AT THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION IN LONDON IN 1851.
FOR FURTHER REFERENCE ON
H.A. FAVRE, SEE SWISS TIMEPIECE
MAKERS BY K. PRITCHARD, P. F-17.
IT IS ALSO INTERESTING TO NOTE
THAT THE MOVEMENT USED IN THIS
WATCH IS BASED ON THE SAME
EBAUCHE USED BY CZAPEK & CIE
IN 1850 IN A WATCH ILLUSTRATED
IN PATEK PHILIPPE WRISTWATCHES
BY M. HUBER & A. BANBERY, P. 95.
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