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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 17, 1993

LOT 256

A. Eppen, (Geneva), circa 1800. Fine and rare 18 ct. gold and diamond-set hait skeletonised hour striking and repeating pendant clock-watch with visible balance in the form of a navette.

CHF 30,000 - 35,000

C. Shaped double body with diamond set bezels and rock crystal glass, the back with eccentric aperture and applied diamond-set star on amati ground. D. White enamel chapter ring with Breguet numerals. Blued steel hands. Skeletonised dial plate set with small rose-diamonds. M. Shaped full plate double train with fixed barrels, cylinder escapement with plain brass three-arm balance set with a short diamond-set mock pendulum oscillating over the blued steel cock. Striking and repeating on a single gong. Signed on the dial plate. In very good condition. Dim. 42 x 24 mm.


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This watch can be considered as one of the smallest clock-watch ever made at this period.