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Hong Kong, Victoria Hotel, Jun 17, 1994
LOT 130
Bautte & Moynier à Genève, No. 39205, circa 1830. Fine 18 ct. gold and enamel quarter repeating watch of Royal provenance.
HKD 20,000 - 22,500
CHF 4,000 - 4,500
Sold: HKD 34,466
C. Three body, "forme quatre baguettes", fully enamelled with floral and foliage champlevé decoration on a black ground, a Royal crest on the back. Gold cuvette engraved with technical details. D. Silver engine-turned with Roman numerals on a polished chapter. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 18-, gilt brass with going barrel, 4 jewels, ruby cylinder escapement, plain gold three-arm balance, parachute suspension, flat balance spring with bimetallic compensation curb on the index. Repeating on gongs with pull-twist piston in the pendant. Signed on the cuvette. In very good condition. Diam. 47 mm.
