Movado. A rare stainless steel openface keyless lever deck watch with Bulletin d'Observatoire

SIGNED FABRIQUE MOVADO, NO. 323014, RETAILED BY CHRONOMÉTRO WEISS, CIRCA 1911

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Movado. A rare stainless steel openface keyless lever deck watch with Bulletin d'Observatoire
Signed Fabrique Movado, no. 323014, retailed by Chronométro Weiss, circa 1911
With gilt-finished fully jewelled lever movement, Guillaume balance, steel cuvette, the white enamel dial with Arabic numerals, blued steel spade hands, sunk centre, subsidiary seconds, in plain circular case with snap on back, dial signed Chronométro Weiss, Heure de l'Observatoire, movement signed Fabrique Movado, Bulletin de Marche Officiel de l'Observatoire de Neuchâtel
92 mm. diam.

拍品專文

Accompanied by Observatoire Astronomique de Neuchâtel Bulletin dated 1911 and fitted wooden presentation box.

Movado, the Esperanto definition for "always in motion", was founded in 1881 by the renowned watchmaker Achille Ditisheim in La Chaux-de-Fonds.
Ditisheim and his team of six employees manufactured and assembled all watches by hand. By 1899, their hard work and determination had paid off. Movado obtained six First Class Official Rating Certificates in their class, and in the following year they were awarded the Silver Medal at the Universal Exhibition in Paris.

The present watch is an excellent example of a high quality chronometer watch signed A. Ditisheim - Fabrique Movado, featuring a Neuchâtel Astronomical Observatory Rating Certificate.