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Hong Kong, Victoria Hotel, Jun 17, 1994
LOT 249
Veuve Gabus, Chaux-de-Fonds, Swiss, circa 1840. Fine 18 ct. gold, dead independent seconds watch with hour and minute recorder.
HKD 22,500 - 25,000
CHF 4,500 - 5,000
Sold: HKD 30,636
C. Four body engine-turned with reeded band and bezels. Hinged gold cuvette engine-turned on the border and engraved with technical details. D. Silver engine-turned with applied cast chased floral decoration, small eccentric chapter ring with Roman numerals and symmetrical chapter for the hour and minute recorder, gilt subsidiary seconds. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. 22?, gilt brass, double train, with twin going barrels, 16 jewels, ruby cylinder escapement, plain steel three-arm balance with "parachute" suspension, flat balance spring with bimetallic compensation curb on the index. Signed on the cuvette. In good condition. Diam. 58 mm.
