ECOLE PROFESSIONNELLE DE LA VALLEE DE JOUX

ECOLE PROFESSIONNELLE DE LA VALLEE DE JOUX, SWITZERLAND, “PIÈCE ECOLE”, MADE BY EDOUARD FALCY PERPETUAL CALENDAR MOONPHASE POCKET WATCH, GOLD PLATED A very fine, elegant and rare, gold plated open-face, keyless-winding, round- shaped, perpetual calendar, leap year indication, phases of the moon pocket watch. Brand: Ecole Professionnelle de la Vallee de Joux, Switzerland Model: “PIÈCE ÉCOLE” Year: Circa 1961 Movement: 472 Caliber: 38 mm., 19 jewels, rhodium plated, "fausses cotes" decoration, straight line lever escapement, swan-neck micrometer regulator, blued steel balance spring with terminal curve. Diameter: 47 mm. Weight: 73 gr. Signature: Movement Accesories: Original presentation box engraved “EPVJ” (Ecole Professionnelle de la Vallée de Joux), accompanied by a rate certificate dated 20 March 1961. Grading System: AAA (Excellent) Case: 3 (Good) Dial: 3-01 (Good , HANDS Original) Movement: 3* (Good , Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense) HKD: 144,000 - 240,000 USD: 18,300 - 30,400 EUR: 16,200 - 27,000 JPY: 2,880,000 - 4,800,000 School watches produced by the watchmaking schools of the Vallée de Joux are highly interesting witnesses to the region’s long tradition of technical education and precision watchmaking. The present watch is particularly noteworthy for its perpetual calendar, a considerably more demanding complication than the simple calendar mechanisms commonly encountered in school watches. The importance of the present example is further enhanced by the survival of its original presentation box, engraved “EPVJ”, as well as its original rate certificate (“Bulletin de marche”) dated 20 March 1961. These original documents provide valuable evidence of the watch’s provenance and its direct association with the educational environment of the Vallée de Joux.

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