Swiss niello silver high quality school watch Circa 1920

High quality school watch with lever escapement
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A high quality school watch, made by A. Kurth, student at the Technicum Cantonal Bienne, Switzerland, circa 1920. This watch is equipped with a niello silver case with pinstripe decoration on the back and its white enamel dial features an outer minute and hour track with Arabic hour numerals, a subsidiary seconds dial at 6 o’clock and steel hands. The numbered movement is equipped with a Swiss anchor chronometer escapement.
The movement is signed.
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Diameter: 53 mm
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Weight: 104 g
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Signed: A. Kurth Technikum Cantonal Bienne
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Technikum Cantonal Bienne
Founded in 1890 in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland, the Technicum Cantonal Bienne (Kantonales Technikum Biel) began as a premier bilingual public institution dedicated to horology, precision mechanics, and electrical engineering. It evolved into a cornerstone of Swiss technical education, producing master watchmakers and industrial engineers.

The TCB was integrated into the modern public higher education landscape, ultimately becoming part of the Bern University of Applied Sciences (BFH) (Haute école spécialisée Bernoise), continuing its legacy in microtechnology, engineering and automation.