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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 22, 1995
LOT 426
Not signed, French, circa 1780. Fine 18 ct. gold and lapis lazuli, paste-set watch.
CHF 3,200 - 3,600
USD 2,600 - 3,000
C. Double body, Louis XVI with paste-set bezels, the lapis lazuli back panel with applied paste-set silver foliage decoration. D. White enamel with radial red Arabic numerals in the manner adopted by Jean Antoine Lepine as soon as 1770 and outer Arabic minute ring. Louis XVI rose-diamond set hands. M. Gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance with flat spring and regulator. Gilt brass continental cock with polished steel end-piece. In very good condition. Diam. 39 mm.
