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Hong Kong, Victoria Hotel, Jun 17, 1994
LOT 224
Not signed (Chaponniere, Genève?), circa 1810. Fine 18 ct. gold, quarter repeating musical watch.
HKD 55,000 - 65,000
CHF 11,000 - 13,000
Sold: HKD 79,143
C. Three body, Empire with reeded band, the back engine-turned in a sun-burst pattern. Hinged gilt brass cuvette. D. Gold with Breguet numerals on a champleve chapter ring and engraved with a fisherman, a maiden on the back ground. Blued steel "Scotties" hands. M. GiIt brass with free standing barrel, cylinder escapement with plain brass three-arm balance and flat balance spring. Cylinder musical train playing on the hour or at will, with 20 tooth comb grouped in pairs and covered by a gold panel finely pierced and engraved with scrolls of foliage. Quarter-repeating on two gongs by depressing the pendant. In very good condition. Diam. 59 mm.
