Fine Swiss silver triangle shaped Masonic lever watch Circa 1925

Kenmerk: FA0030
Diameter: -

Estimate: € 1.500 - 2.500
Price sold: € 1.200

Silver Masonic pocket watch
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A Swiss silver open faced Masonic lever pocket watch, circa 1925-1930. White enamel dial with multicoloured Masonic symbols for the hours depicting, clockwise, the Eye of Providence, a Level, Crescent Moon and Stars, a column from the Temple of Solomon with the letter B for Boaz, a Mallet, Compass and Rule level, Skull, Ax and Stone, Square, a column from the Temple of Solomon with the letter J for Joachin, the Sun, a Trowel and at the top, the Holy Spirit, the motto Aime Ton Semblable Tends Lui Une Main Secourable (Love Your Fellow Man Lend Him A Helping Hand in English) in the lower half, an outer minute track with blue Arabic five minute numerals and spade hands.

The triangle shaped case is cast and engraved with Masonic symbols, the back decorated with the Temple of Solomon and its two columns, the Open Book, a Sword, Mallet, Trowel, Mosaic pavement, an Acacia and at the top, the Eye of Providence, a rose cut diamond to the front set below the winding crown, a triangular bow and the blue enamelled letters G for God, Gnose or Geometry, J and B for Boaz, the band is also decorated with Masonic symbols.
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Height: 68 mm
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Width: 54 mm
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Signed: Tempor Watch Co
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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: Tempor Watch Co