Important Modern & Vintage Timepieces

Geneva, Nov 08, 2014

LOT 230

TEMPORA MINUTE REPEATER & CHRONOGRAPH Tempora (Le Phare), Le Locle & La Chaux de Fonds, Répétition à Minutes Chronographe, No. 247672. Made circa 1915. Fine, minute-repeating, 18K gold hunting-cased keyless pocket watch with chronograph. Cuvette signed.

CHF 2,000 - 4,000

HKD 16,000 - 33,000 / USD 2,100 - 4,300

Sold: CHF 3,500

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Grading System
Grade: A

Good

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Notes

DIAM. 53 mm. Le Phare The company was founded as Guye & Barbezat, the founders were Charles Barbezat-Baillot (1847-1938) and Henry Guye (1838-1877). In 1888, the firm's name was changed to Le Phare, being the registered name of their complicated watches. In 1900, Barbezat-Baillot advertised their brands that year as: La Locloise; l'Esperanto; Le Phare; Tempora and La Volapuk. Barbezat-Baillot was a member of the jury at the Brussels Universal Exhibition in 1897 and at Liege in 1905.