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Lot 346. Fribourg 1934 AV 100 Franken coin watch

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Fribourg 1934 AV 100 Franken coin watch

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Bidding closed (Sunday, September 17th, 20:55:20 CEST)
Current time: Sunday, November 24th, 22:59:00 CET

Price realised: CHF 6'000.00 (1 bid)
Approx. EUR 6'445.16 / USD 6'714.56 / GBP 5'358.58

High bidder: Bidder 1

eAuction #57, Lot 346. Estimate: CHF 7'500.00

Switzerland. "Fribourg 100 Franken 1934" Coin-watch. Movement by the prestigious firm Piaget&Co (Geneva), around 1965. Inserted into a 100 Franken Tir Federal Fribourg 1934, Bern mint. Coin-watch with keyless winding and setting by the crown, in yellow 18 carats gold, circular shape, with invisible binding and lettered bond; opening secret at 3 hours on the bond. Golden metallic dial, with black painted radial indexes. Blued steel "baton" hands. Dimensions: 32.4 mm (diameter) / 3.6 mm (thickness); 26.69 g. Signature: "PIAGET&CO / SWISS".

Extremely rare, most probably one of only two coin-watches built using the 100 Franken Fribourg 1934. Interesting horological-numismatic item. Uncirculated.

To realize this kind of coin-watch, the case builder has to use two coins, what makes a high price for this kind of article, and their rarity. Except Piaget, several watch companies did, during XXth century (twenties, then 1960/1970), produce this kind of watches: Audemars Piguet, Eska, Patek Philippe, Rolex, etc.



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