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THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN COLLECTOR (LOTS 21-49)
SWISS. A NICKEL PLATED OPEN FACE KEYLESS CYLINDER DIGITAL POCKET WATCH
SYSTÈME GT BREVETÉ, CIRCA 1890
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SWISS. A NICKEL PLATED OPEN FACE KEYLESS CYLINDER DIGITAL POCKET WATCH
Système GT Breveté, circa 1890
Frosted gilt movement with cylinder escapement, white enamel dial (hair cracks) decorated with flowers en grisaille and centred by silvered windows showing digital hours and minutes, small subsidiary seconds ring below, the circular case with hand set and escapement arrest buttons in the band, hinged rear cover numbered 5, the cuvette with an engraved dedication
52mm. diam.
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Lot Essay
GT was the firm of Gedeon Thommens from Waldenburg near Basel, they received their patent N0. 7154 in England on 11 June, 1885