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Lot 2800
FUREUR. AN UNUSUAL AND RARE SILVER OPENFACE TOURBILLON KEYLESS LEVER WATCH WITH REGULATOR STYLE DIAL AND CENTRE SECONDS
SIGNED FUREUR, TOURBILLON, CASE NOS. 11 AND 609, SWISS PATENT NO. 34'394, CIRCA 1905
Closed28 November 2012
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Swiss Patent No. 34394 was granted to Louis & Edouard Fallet et Fils of St. Imier for the design of this tourbillon in 1905. Other firms were able to manufacture this under license.
An almost identical watch is in the Science Museum London Collections (reg. no. 1938-318), illustrated in Reinhard Meis, Das Tourbillon, p.313, pl.455-457.
Swiss Patent No. 34394 was granted to Louis & Edouard Fallet et Fils of St. Imier for the design of this tourbillon in 1905. Other firms were able to manufacture this under license.
An almost identical watch is in the Science Museum London Collections (reg. no. 1938-318), illustrated in Reinhard Meis, Das Tourbillon, p.313, pl.455-457.