Freemasonry - Lot 143

Lot n° 143
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Freemasonry - Lot 143
Freemasonry MINERVA, square apron pocket watch, silver (925/1000) 74 g, blue and white dial, decorated with a lodge painting featuring numerous Masonic symbols: the sun, the rough stone, the axe and the cubic stone, the trowel and the interlaced ruler, the plumb line under the triangle, the J and B columns, the square and compass, the ruler, the moon. At the center of the dial, in a white pyramid, is the flaming star with the G, the skull and crossbones, a rectangle with two letters from the secret masons' alphabet, a cloud with rays of light, and the mosaic paving stone. The circumference of the dial is engraved with knots or lakes of love, Roselyn's rose and the omniscient eye, with two branches of acacia leaves above. The gilded hands represent two flaming eppes. The case back features an engraving of the squaring of the circle and the golden ratio. It comes in its original brown calfskin case with compass and square and descriptive documentation. This model was produced in a limited series of 500 pieces in 1988 by the renowned Minerva factory in Switzerland, and is number 191/500. Perfect condition. Hand-wound mechanical movement (working). H 6.5 cm. Note: Bibliography: D. Gottardini "De midi à Minuit Les Maîtres Horlogers" ; ed. Watchprint ; reproduced on pages 68, 69, 70, 72, 73.
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