Fine Watches
Fine Watches
Property Previously from The Andy Warhol Collection
Tempor Watch & Co / Schwab-Loeillet
A silver triangular Masonic watch, Circa 1900
No reserve
Lot Closed
December 14, 06:45 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A silver triangular Masonic watch, Circa 1900
Dial: white, polychrome Masonic symbol indexes, printed with the motto in French, "Aime ton semblable, tends lui une main secourable."
Caliber: mechanical, 15 jewels
Case: silver triangular-form, Solomon's temple engraved to the back surrounded with Masonic motifs, paste-set stem, hinged case back
Case number: 25'265
Size: approximately 53 x 60 mm
Signed: case and movement
Box: yes
Papers: no
Andy Warhol, New York
Jewelry and Watches, The Andy Warhol Collection, New York, April 27, 1988, Lot 2182
The present lot was part of the personal collection of Andy Warhol and was offered in the in The Andy Warhol Collection, Sotheby's, a series of sales which took place from April 23 - May 3, 1988. The series of sales involved virtually every collecting category. The proceeds benefitted the Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts, which was set up following Warhol’s death in 1987.