JOSEPH CURTET

JOSEPH CURTET, FRANCE, REVOLUTIONARY CALENDAR WITH 30 DAYS PER MONTH AND A TEN-DAY WEEK, SILVER A fine and rare, silver, manual wind open-face, key-winding centre-seconds pocket watch. White enamel dial decorated with coloured French Revolutionary motifs. Eccentric dial at 12 o’clock with Arabic numerals, subsidiary dial for the ten-day Revolutionary week at 8 o’clock, and subsidiary dial for the 30-day Revolutionary calendar at 4 o’clock. Brand: Joseph Curtet, France Year: Circa 1795 Caliber: 43 mm., hinged, gilt-brass full-plate movement with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, blued steel balance spring, Continental cock pierced and engraved with scrolls, and polished steel endpiece. Diameter: 53 mm. Signature: Dial and movement Accesories: Accompanied by the original box, bearing the initials of the original owner and the inscription “L’AN IV”, referring to Year IV of the French Republican Calendar, which ran from 23 September 1795 to 21 September 1796. Grading System: AA (Very good) Case: 3-6-8 (Good , Slightly oxidized , Slightly scratched) Dial: 3-71-01 (Good , Hairlines , HANDS Original) Movement: 3* (Good , Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense) HKD: 8,900 - 17,700 USD: 1,150 - 2,300 EUR: 1,000 - 2,000 JPY: 178,000 - 356,000 To be sold without reserve

Estimate:£863.25

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