Sold for:
2,300 CHF
2,300 CHF
Paul Ditisheim, Sovil, No. 734352, Swiss, circa 1920.Fine 18K gold, keyless watch with special compensated balance. Four body, "demi-bassine", polished. Hinged gold cuvette engraved with the awarded prizes at the Exhibitions of Paris in 1900 and Berne in 1914. White enamel with bolt Breguet numerals and sunk subsidiary seconds. Blued steel "modern" hands. Notes This watch represents the first attempts to produce a "popular" line of pocket chronometers, developped by Paul Ditisheim under the "Sovil" trademark with the Affix balance, patentsNo. 91169 from 31 August 1920 .
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1999-10-23
