A superb, complete watchmaker's tray containing forty-eight numbered glass tubes, sealed with their original cork stoppers. Each tube holds small watchmaking jewels, used for pivoting axes and reducing friction in mechanical movements. These jewels were essential for the precision and longevity of Swiss watches. This tray is typical of mid-20th-century professional workbenches, with hand-painted numbering and blue technical labels indicating the calibers. A cohesive and complete set of great documentary value regarding watchmaking expertise.
✦ Origin: Swiss watchmaker's workshop ✦ Estimated period: Circa 1950 ✦ Dimensions: 22 × 21 cm ✦ Material: glass, cork ✦ Contents: 48 numbered tubes of watchmaking rubies for mechanical watches ✦ Condition: excellent overall condition, complete, no breakage, most tubes still filled with rubies - some empty
A beautiful technical and decorative set, ideal for a collector of watchmaking equipment or a mechanical cabinet of curiosities.
