Swiss 18 Carat gold ultra thin coin pocket watch Circa 1850
- Kenmerk
- FA0238
- Diameter
- 37 mm
- Estimate
- € 12.500 - 20.000
- Price sold
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Gold ultra thin pocket watch
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A fine and extremely rare Swiss, 18 Carat gold ultra thin pocket watch with bagnolet calibre and eccentric dial. Fitted into a silver Belgian Leopold I, 5 Franc coin dated 1850, circa 1850. Gilt brass, 8 jewels, inverted bagnolet movement with free standing barrel and wheel train sunk into the single plate, cylinder escapement, plain brass three arm balance, flat balance spring with a regulator, female winding squares.
ultra thin case, engine turned, milled band. Silver fitted outer case made from a real coin, the spring loaded cover, push piece in the band.
Small, silver, eccentric dial with radial Roman numerals and outer minute track. Blued steel spade hands.
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A fine and extremely rare Swiss, 18 Carat gold ultra thin pocket watch with bagnolet calibre and eccentric dial. Fitted into a silver Belgian Leopold I, 5 Franc coin dated 1850, circa 1850. Gilt brass, 8 jewels, inverted bagnolet movement with free standing barrel and wheel train sunk into the single plate, cylinder escapement, plain brass three arm balance, flat balance spring with a regulator, female winding squares.
ultra thin case, engine turned, milled band. Silver fitted outer case made from a real coin, the spring loaded cover, push piece in the band.
Small, silver, eccentric dial with radial Roman numerals and outer minute track. Blued steel spade hands.
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Diameter: 37 mm Watch: 29 mm
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Thickness of the watch: 2 mm
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Signed: Vaucher à Geneve
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To create such a slim watch was a remarkable achievement at the time, when the components were entirely hand made. Very few such watches are known; this one is in very good condition and has its original case. Watches completely fitted into gold or silver coins are extremely rare, and are among the slimmest ever made. Some are illustrated by E. Jaquet and A. Chapuis in “Technique and History of the Swiss Watch”, Olten, Switzerland, 1953. Bagnolet Caliber The movement is inverted and the escapement and wheel train are concealed between the dial plate and the single plate. Philippe Samuel Meylan is credited with its invention.
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Thickness of the watch: 2 mm
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Signed: Vaucher à Geneve
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To create such a slim watch was a remarkable achievement at the time, when the components were entirely hand made. Very few such watches are known; this one is in very good condition and has its original case. Watches completely fitted into gold or silver coins are extremely rare, and are among the slimmest ever made. Some are illustrated by E. Jaquet and A. Chapuis in “Technique and History of the Swiss Watch”, Olten, Switzerland, 1953. Bagnolet Caliber The movement is inverted and the escapement and wheel train are concealed between the dial plate and the single plate. Philippe Samuel Meylan is credited with its invention.
Signed: Vaucher à Geneve
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