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Auction Location:
Melbourne
Date:
27-Oct-2010
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Description:
14ct rose gold and enamel pocket watch, Russian, crown wind, pin set, hunting case with white enamel dial, painted black Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds, dial and gold curvette signed, engine turned decoration and applied double headed eagle insignia. Provenence: Johan Wilip was the first Estonian professor of physics at Tartu Yniversity and developed the Golitzon-Wilip seismograph. This watch was reputedly given to Johan Wilip by Tzar Nicholas II of Russia in recognition of his research into the development of the seismograph and the founding of the first seismographic station in Estonia. Width 4.9 cm. To be sold with gold oval link watch chain
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Category:
Horology (Clocks & watches): Watches - Pocket & Fob