Thematic Auction in Geneva:The Evolut...
Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Nov 16, 2002
LOT 301
Lot of two groups of important documents :- Louis Cottier, circa 1930.* Important correspondence and drawings, mostly concerning Word Time designs, comprising:* Pencil drawing with colored highlights by Cottier of a World Time pocket watch and one drawing of World * Time desk clock with colored highlights* Drawing of a base for a clock* Drawing of a project for enamel clock decor* Letter from director of Conservatoire Nationale des Arts et Metiers about World Time watches.* Notes by Louis Cottier concerning World Time desk clock.* Picture of Breguet watch circa 1830.* Receipt from Breguet dated July 19, 1957 for World Time movement.* Drawing of a project for a World Time dial.* Four water colored hand painted studies for watch dials, circa 1930, almost certainly by E. Wenger, Paris.- Louis Cottier - Breguet, 1949.
CHF 3,000 - 5,000
EUR 2,000 - 3,400
Sold: CHF 2,185
C. Important correspondence of 14 letters between Louis Cottier and Georges Brown, President of Breguet about World Time watches and clocks and a letter from Matthey Tissot to Cottier concerning repair for Breguet.
