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Very rare antique Paul Ditisheim Chronometer Masonic Skull dial ball watch 1900

Estimated price for orientation: 3 500 $

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I am pleased to offer from my private collection this Very rare antique Paul Ditisheim Chronometer Masonic Skull dial ball watch 1900's in mimt original condition.High grade (Patek Philippe quality) lever chronometer movement,fully jeweled,steel screws,gold train,precision regulator,big compensating balance wheel,Breguet spiral,4 gold pressed Chatons.The movement is hand polished and decorated with the Geneve Cotes. The watch is in perfect working order. Museum like condition! The watch comes with certificate of authenticity. We gives 2 years guarantee free service for the watch!   If you are not satisfied in any way-money back guarantee. Free shipping to worldwide by DHL overnight courier. We guarantee 48h delivery door to door!HISTORY; Paul Ditisheim was born in 1868 in , the historic birthplace of watch-making industry.Paul, son of the famous , funder and owner of Vulcain and Volta sub brand, the watch  enjoyed by American presidents  and ,was born into the small of  that led the Swiss watch industry of the time.He studied at the  School of La Chaux-de-Fonds and received his diploma at the age of 13. He was then trained in several of the major watch makers and worked at his family's Vulcain manufacture until 1892 when he founded his own brands: Solvil (whose items were often signed Paul Ditisheim) and Titus (whose items were generally marked separately).Paul Ditisheim was instrumental in developing the new generation of , improving them grandly through his studies on the impact of  and. He invented the affix balance. Thanks to his inventions, he was able to make the most precise chronometers ever made. By 1903, his watches were awarded by the  and  contests. In 1912, he won the world’s chronometric record of the .He also worked closely with  winner  and has been considered the father of the modern chronometers. According to Professor M. Andrade of the , Ditisheim’s work “constitutes the most important progress of modern  In 1930, Paul Ditisheim handed over the  and Paul Ditisheim  to wealthy Swiss  and  . Vogel, heir to a prestigious family of  and married to the heiress of the prominent Eberard family, was also a member of the . Vogel moved the company headquarters to  and turned it into one of the largest and most successful brand of the time,expanding it over the world. Ditisheim died in 1945, leaving a legacy of technical excellence and  that has renewed the reputation of .