Lecoultre Suisse "Compass" spy camera, #2859, with 3.5/35 mm - Lot 771

Lecoultre Suisse "Compass" spy camera, #2859, with 3.5/35 mm lens, accessories including tripod in blue Compass box. Circa 1937. As is. N.B. Jean-Marie PRADES: 24 x 36 mm format camera, using either insulated plates or Roll-Film. Designed by an Englishman, Noel Pemberton Billing, it was manufactured in Switzerland by Lecoultre et Cie. 35 mm Kern F/3.5 lens. This is one of the most elaborate miniature cameras of the pre-war period, combining all the improvements known at the time. (...) Around 5,000 of these cameras were produced. Visuals and texts "Autour d'une collection2 " Collection JMP Club Niépce Lumière, p. 148-166. Expert Isabelle Cazeils. Provenance: Jean-Marie PRADES Collection. Spy camera.