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657 - School Watch and Watchmaker’s Tools
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CHF 640 (€696)The reserve price is the minimum price accepted by the seller. Bidders cannot see this price. To win an item, you must place the highest bid and meet or exceed the reserve price.
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Estimation
CHF 640 - 800 (€690 - 880)Sale fees
School Watch and Watchmaker’s Tools 53 mm / 900 silver / hand-wound / 1930s / in working order. Pocket chronograph watch, No. 1856; Le Locle school watch in a niello-silver case. White enamel dial with Arabic numerals. Two subsidiary dials for the running seconds and the 30-minute counter. Blued pear-shaped hands. Finely finished nickel silver movement, Caliber LePhare 108 VCC, with a large compensation balance wheel and Breguet hairspring. Chronograph with column wheel; all levers in matte-finished and chamfered steel. Lépine case with niello decoration. Included is a fine watchmaker’s tool, a “Jauge à pivots” (pin gauge), also from the “Ecole d’Horlogerie / Le Locle,” in a wooden box. The watch and tool were likely crafted by the same student as the final project of his training. The dial has damage at the 1 o’clock position right at the edge; this is not visible when the cover is closed. The case back has two small repaired areas of damage to the niello decoration. The pivot gauge is missing 3 pins. Auction date: November 26, 2026 Approximate auction time: 9:16 a.m. CET
Auction details
Autumn Auction 2026 (Day 2 of 4)Auction house
Auktionshaus Zofingen +41 6 27 51 63 51 info@auktionshaus-zofingen.chDelivery is optional. You can use the carrier of your choice. The stated price does not include the lot price or the auction house fees.