1,495 CHF
Loehr, Brevete S. G.D.G. No. 1867, circa 1880. Fine and interesting nickel plated self-winding watch. Four body, "bassine et filets", polished. Hinged nickel plated cuvette centred with the adjusting knob aperture. White enamel with Roman numerals and sunk subsidiary seconds. Blued steel "spade" hands. Notes A very similar watch is described and illust r ated by Alfred Chapuis and Eugene Jaquet, in their book "La Montre Automatique Ancienne , pp.202-203, Ill. 129-130. Mr. A von Loehr from Vienna, who was not a watchmaker, but a mechanic, took the patent No. 1903 on I O January 1878 for this type of self winding mechanism. The performance of these watches was extremely good for the time, since a Bulletin de premiere Hasse was delivered by the Canton of Neuchatel for one of them, although it was fitted with a cylinder escapement. From 1884 onward, Loehr had his watches produced by Hahn & Cie in Landeron near Neuchatel, in square cases to ensure that they will remain in the pocket, in the vertical position.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1997-10-18
