Swiss commemorative watch for Schützenfeste Circa 1910
- Kenmerk
- SB0434
- Diameter
- 31 mm
- Estimate
- € 3.000 - 6.000
- Price sold
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Gold and enamel open faced commemorative watch
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A Swiss 18 carat gold and enamel open faced commemorative watch for the Bern 1910 Schützenfeste, circa 1910. Gilt lever movement, bimetallic compensation balance. Gold cuvette. White enamel double sunk dial, black Arabic numerals and subsidiary seconds. The case painted with a polychrome enamel scene depicting the City of Bern against a backdrop of the Bernese Oberland at 12 o’clock with the words ‘Bern 1910’ flanking a Swiss Cross the enamel scene framed by the wording ‘Eidgenossiche’ at the left and ‘Schützenfest’ at the right flanking a shield decorated with the Canton emblem of Bern. The dial signed Orion. Comes with a fitted leather box.
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Diameter: 31 mm
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Signed: No name
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Eidgenossiche Schützenfest refers to the Swiss Federal Shooting Festival first organised in 1824 and continued to the present. The contest, held every several years, is hosted by alternating Swiss Cantons. In 1910 the festival was hosted in Bern. The contest dates back to the 15th Century Old Swiss Confederacy. The reintroduction of the contests in 1824 was meant to cement unity between the various Cantons. The Schützenfest lasts up to four weeks and includes some 50,000 marksmen.
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Signed: No name
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Eidgenossiche Schützenfest refers to the Swiss Federal Shooting Festival first organised in 1824 and continued to the present. The contest, held every several years, is hosted by alternating Swiss Cantons. In 1910 the festival was hosted in Bern. The contest dates back to the 15th Century Old Swiss Confederacy. The reintroduction of the contests in 1824 was meant to cement unity between the various Cantons. The Schützenfest lasts up to four weeks and includes some 50,000 marksmen.
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