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I am pleased to offer from my private collection this antique silver LeCoultre caliber silver pocket watch,specially made for the First Olympic Games in Athens circa 1896.
The watch has a fine enamelled dial depicting the Athens Olympic Games logo. Perfect working order! All the parts original-nothing has been ever changed or replaced! 47mm
The watch has been awarded to the only one Bulgarian athelte who took participation in the Games-Sharl Shampov.
Charles Champaud Bulgarianized Sharl Shampov, was a Swiss gymnast. He competed at the First 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. Champaud competed in the parallel bars, Vault (gymnastics), and pommel horse events. Although the rest of his placings in each competition are unknown, he occupies the prestigious fifth place on vault and earned the first two points for Bulgaria. According to the Bulgarian Olympic Committee, Champaud, a Swiss national living in Bulgaria and working as a gymnastics teacher at a Sofia high school, competed for that country at the first modern Olympics. Bulgaria is thus often included in the figure of participating nations. In Bulgaria, Charles Champaud also played an important role in introducing football to the country and was the person to bring the sport to the capital city of Sofia in 1895 (the first football game in Bulgaria being in Varna in 1894, organized by another Swiss teacher, Georges de Regibus).
The watch comes with CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY&APPRAISAL FOR $3000
If you are not satisfied in any way-money back guarantee. Free shipping to worldwide.
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