Rare Swiss 18 carat gold triangular Freemason’s watch Circa 1935

Kenmerk: SB0801
Diameter: -

Estimate: € 5.000 - 10.000
Price sold: € 7.650

Gold Masonic pocket watch
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A rare Swiss 18 carat gold triangular form keyless pocket watch with Masonic motifs made by Schwab & Brandt, circa 1935. The manual winding triangle shaped nickel movement with 17 jewels and a lever escapement. Mother-of-pearl dial with multicoloured Masonic symbols for the numerals, an outer minute track with Arabic 20, 40 and 60, the motto Love Your Fellow Man Lend Him A Helping Hand in the lower half and blued hands. A case with cast and engraved ornaments on the front bezel and band, a sapphire cabochon set winding crown and the hinged back with a central depiction of Solomon’s Temple surrounded by Freemason symbols. Movement signed.
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Height: 44 mm
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Signed: Schwab & Brandt
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This type of triangle shaped Masonic watch is generally found in silver or gilt metal. Only ten pieces were made in gold.
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Schwab-Loeillet was located at 22 Rue du Mont-Blanc in Geneva and listed until the late 1920s. It was first mentioned in 1887 as Loeillet & Schwab (LS). In 1888, the company’s name was changed to Schwab & Loeillet.

Théophile Schwab-Loeillet patented a Masonic watch design on February 3rd, 1925, under the name Tempor Watch Co (US patent No. 66542, English patent No. 713821, Swiss patent No. 25265, 34864 and 36889). In 1930, the company was listed as “Schwab & Brandt, formerly Schwab-Loeillet, the only makers of Masonic watches”. They modified the 1925 design, introducing triangular, high quality movements and making the watch much slimmer.
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Freemasonry or Masonry is a worldwide spread and regionally structured fellowship that strives for spiritual and moral elevation, mutual appreciation and helping each other. It is a society with rituals. Its members are called Freemasons or Masons. They address each other as brother or sister. Freemasonry or Masonry refers to fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local guilds of stonemasons that, from the end of the 13th century, regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities and clients.

Signed: Schwab & Brandt