106th Auction
2022/5/21
Lot 345
Armand Schwob & FrèreMystérieuse
A silver pocket watch with hands moved by rotating glass discs
Sold
estimated
2.000—3.000 €
Price realized
2.100 €
specific features
Case
Silver, glazed on both sides, decorated.
Dial
Rotating glass discs with applied spade hands.
Movement
Crescent-shaped movement, cylinder escapement, ring balance.
Case no.982
Diam.54 mm
Circa1890
Ctry.Switzerland
Wt.89 g
Armand Schwob & Frère (A.S. & F.), La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, watch manufacturers. Holders of two Swiss Patents, 2445 and 2526, in 1881, and English Patent No 9865 granted in July 1888: Transparent Watches.