Tavannes

Property from the Masterworks of Time Collection

Tavannes

Tavannes & Minerva

A nickel cased open-faced keyless lever Masonic watch and a silver Masonic watch 

Circa 1925 & 1985

• Tavannes: damascened nickel lever movement, bi-metallic compensation balance, signed Tavannes Watch Co. • white enamel dial, polychrome enamel painted Masonic hour indexes, subsidiary seconds, blued steel broad 'Moderne' hands • plain nickel case and polished cuvette, numbered 55 * 9

• Minerva: nickel lever movement, jewelled to the centre, signed Minerva • blue and white dial, gilt Masonic symbols • silver asymmetric case, the front and back decorated with Masonic motifs, inside back signed Minerva 397, 720049 and with Swiss control marks

diameter Tavannes: 49mm; width Minerva: 45mm