Fine and scarce Agassiz world time vintage 14K yellow gold wrist watch circa 1945.
Original three-piece dial with moveable world time ring.
Distinctive case with downward sloping lugs. Made for Agassiz by Louis Cottier.
Nickel 17 jewel adjusted movement. Handsome and distinctive.
Louis Cottier, a celebrated watchmaker from Geneva, invented and patented this design.
He made world time watches for Geneva's most famous firms including Patek Philippe,
Rolex, Vacheron & Constantin, and Agassiz. His production totaled only 455 movements for
world time pocket watches, wristwatches, and clocks, produced at an average rate of
13 pieces per year. His work is easily recognizable by the distinctive shape of the
hour hand.
At the request of a group of citizens of Geneva who wanted to express their thanks to
the Allies at the end of the Second World War, Louis Cottier produced four
world time dress watches for Agassiz in 1946 with gold and enamel-decorated cases.
They were presented to Winston Churcill, President Harry Truman, Joseph Stalin and
General De Gaulle