École Professionnelle de la Vallée de Joux 'Pièce École' Perpetual Calendar Pocket Watch
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
Circa 1961
This open-face, keyless-winding pocket watch was produced as a 'pièce école' attributed to maker Edouard Falcy at the École Professionnelle de la Vallée de Joux, dated circa 1961.
The watch is encased in gold plate measuring 47 mm in diameter and weighing 73 grams. Its white dial presents a perpetual calendar layout showing the month, leap year indication, date, day of the week, and moon phases. According to the auction catalogue, it is powered by a 38 mm rhodium-plated caliber with 19 jewels, fausses côtes finishing, a straight-line lever escapement, and a swan-neck micrometer regulator. It is accompanied by an EPVJ presentation box and a timing rate certificate dated March 20, 1961.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Technical characteristics
- Type
- Perpetual calendar open-face pocket watch
- Total weight
- 73 gr.
- Case diameter
- 47 mm
- Place recorded
- Switzerland
- Movement number
- 472
- Certificate date
- 20 March 1961
- Maker attribution
- Edouard Falcy at Ecole Professionnelle de la Vallee de Joux
- Maker / attribution
- Ecole Professionnelle de la Vallee de Joux, Switzerland
- Caliber specifications
- 38 mm, 19 jewels
Design
- Configuration
- The timepiece is an open-face, keyless-winding, round-shaped, perpetual calendar pocket watch with leap year indication and moon phases. The exterior is described as gold plated. The watch is supplied with an original presentation box engraved “EPVJ” and a rate certificate dated 20 March 1961.
- Visible features
- • White dial configured with four subsidiary displays: month and leap year at 12 o'clock, date at 3 o'clock, moon phases at 6 o'clock, and day of the week at 9 o'clock. • Gold-plated round case featuring a top winding crown and arched pendant bow at 12 o'clock. • Presented resting over a printed rate certificate with visible handwritten movement number 472, accompanied by a textured red presentation case behind.
- Movement Specifications
- According to the auction source, the watch is powered by a 38 mm rhodium-plated movement with 19 jewels and 'fausses cotes' decoration. Technical features cited include a straight-line lever escapement, a swan-neck micrometer regulator, and a blued steel balance spring with a terminal curve.
- Identity and Attribution
- This perpetual calendar pocket watch is designated as a 'pièce école', described as an educational project timepiece associated with the École Professionnelle de la Vallée de Joux, Switzerland. The auction source attributes the creation of this specific watch to Edouard Falcy. The watch is dated to circa 1961, based on the source metadata, and is identified by the movement number 472.
Identification
- Serial number
- 472
- Source note
- Facts transcribed from the linked source listing or collection record. Attribution and specifications are source-reported and have not been independently authenticated.
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: Movement condition, finishing, and signatures are not visible in this dial-side photograph and rely on source catalogue description.
- Research required: Underlying base metal beneath the gold plating is not stated.