108th Auction
2023/5/20
Lot 177
Armand Schwob & Frère
A rare gold pocket watch with hands moved by rotating glass discs. Only a few watches of this type were produced in gold.
Sold
estimated
11.000—15.000 €
Price realized
11.900 €
specific features
Case
18 K gold, glazed on both sides, very finely engraved with foliage decor.
Dial
Rotating glass discs with applied spade hands, Roman numerals.
Movement
Crescent-shaped movement, cylinder escapement, ring balance.
Case no.1220
Diam.54 mm
Circa1888
Ctry.Switzerland
Wt.111 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.
Examples are usually found in silver cases and occasionally in silver-gilt. Only a few watches of this type were produced in gold. Since the creation of our auction house we have only been able to present two more golden examples.