Live Auction 1372Important Watches Including A CONNOISSEUR'S VISION PART II
Lot 193

Otto Andrey, Technicum du Locle. A fine 18K gold school watch with enamel dial and original Bulletin de Marche

SIGNED TECHNICUM DU LOCLE AND OTTO ANDREY, 1954, MOVEMENT NO. 4077, CASE NO. 1953, MANUFACTURED IN 1953/1954

Closed10 May 2010

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Otto Andrey, Technicum du Locle. A fine 18K gold school watch with enamel dial and original Bulletin de Marche
Signed Technicum du Locle and Otto Andrey, 1954, movement no. 4077, case no. 1953, manufactured in 1953/1954
Nickel-finished fully jewelled lever movement, Glucydur balance, dial with translucent blue enamel on engine-turned sunburst background, applied baton numerals, subsidiary seconds, circular case, snap on back engraved Otto Andrey 1954, gilt deployant clasp, case, dial and movement signed
35.5 mm. diam.

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With Bureaux Officiels de Contrôle de la Marche des Montres institués dans les Villes de Bienne, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Le Locle, Le Sentier, St-Imier Bulletin de Marche dated Le Locle, 27 April 1954.

The present school watch was made by Otto Andrey, student at the Technicum Neuchâteloise Le Locle. School watches are watchmaking complications a student has to be able to construct in order to be recognized as a watchmaker.