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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 22, 1995

LOT 74

Henri Motel, Horloger de la Marine Royale, No. 328, sold to Dépôt de la Marine on 28 May 1844, for 400 Francs. Fine silver, dead independent centre seconds watch.

CHF 3,500 - 4,000

USD 3,000 - 3,500

Sold: CHF 4,140

C. Four body, "forme quatre baguettes" with gold hinges, gilt bezel, reeded band and polished back. Hinged gilt brass cuvette. D. White enamel with Roman numerals. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 21"', gilt brass, double train, bar calibre with free standing barrels, cylinder escapement with plain gilt brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring and regulator. Signed on the cuvette. h1 very good condition. Diam. 55 mm.


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This watch is recorded in the sale book of Motel, published in J.C. SABRIER: Longitude al sea in the tinte of Louis Berthoud and Henri Motel, Antiquorum Editions, page 658.