Gold Swiss watch made for the Turkish market Circa 1850
- Kenmerk
- SA1315
- Diameter
- 50 mm
- Estimate
- € 3.500 - 7.000
- Price sold
- € 7.900
Gold watch made for the Turkish market
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A yellow gold Swiss open faced watch made for the turkish market, circa 1850, gilt lever movement, bimetallic balance, 18k yellow gold cuvette.
Gilt dial with three-color gold foliate motif , Turkish numerals, subsidiary dial.
18k Yellow gold case, engine-turned back case, case and cuvette numbered, cuvette further signed.
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Diameter: 50 mm
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Signed: Courvoisier Freres
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The brothers Henri -Louis Courvoisier and Philippe-Auguste Courvoisier traded from 1842 under the name “Courvoisier Frères”. Specializing in high-quality clocks, they were commissioned in the same year by the city of La Chaux-de-Fonds to build a clock for the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm IV; this is supposed to have been the thinnest clock in the world at the time. The company Courvoisier Frères was historically a successor to the company Courvoisier et Cie.In 1852 the company was heavily restructured and Henri-Louis and Philippe-Auguste Courvoisier left the company. The new company consisted of 3 sons of Henri-Louis; Henri-Édouard Courvoisier, (1823-1882), Louis-Philippe Courvoisier (1825-1885) and Jules-Ferdinand Courvoisier. (1830-1905). In 1862 the company received a Honorable Mention at the London Exposition and a Silver Medal at the Paris Exposition in 1876. The company was also listed as Jules & Louis Courvoisier, along with Ernest Francillon, Léon Gallet and Constant Girard-Gallet, who founded the Brothers the Intercantonal Association of the Jurassic Industries.
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A yellow gold Swiss open faced watch made for the turkish market, circa 1850, gilt lever movement, bimetallic balance, 18k yellow gold cuvette.
Gilt dial with three-color gold foliate motif , Turkish numerals, subsidiary dial.
18k Yellow gold case, engine-turned back case, case and cuvette numbered, cuvette further signed.
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Diameter: 50 mm
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Signed: Courvoisier Freres
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The brothers Henri -Louis Courvoisier and Philippe-Auguste Courvoisier traded from 1842 under the name “Courvoisier Frères”. Specializing in high-quality clocks, they were commissioned in the same year by the city of La Chaux-de-Fonds to build a clock for the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm IV; this is supposed to have been the thinnest clock in the world at the time. The company Courvoisier Frères was historically a successor to the company Courvoisier et Cie.In 1852 the company was heavily restructured and Henri-Louis and Philippe-Auguste Courvoisier left the company. The new company consisted of 3 sons of Henri-Louis; Henri-Édouard Courvoisier, (1823-1882), Louis-Philippe Courvoisier (1825-1885) and Jules-Ferdinand Courvoisier. (1830-1905). In 1862 the company received a Honorable Mention at the London Exposition and a Silver Medal at the Paris Exposition in 1876. The company was also listed as Jules & Louis Courvoisier, along with Ernest Francillon, Léon Gallet and Constant Girard-Gallet, who founded the Brothers the Intercantonal Association of the Jurassic Industries.
Signed: Courvoisier Freres
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