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Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Nov 12, 2006

LOT 157

?Allegory of Fidelity? L'Epine, Hger du Roy, a Paris. Made circa 1770. Fine, 18K varicolored gold lady's pendant watch. To be sold without reserve

C. Two-body, "Louis XVI", the back centered with an applied varicolored gold flower basket behind a dog within a green gold laurel leaf frame, engine-turned ring separating the outer applied green gold floral decoration, bezels with applied gold repeated pattern. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track with five-minute Arabic numerals, winding aperture between 1 and 2 o'clock. Gold "Louis XV" hands. M. Hinged, 24 mm., gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and cain, verge escapement with micrometric potence adjustment, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, continental cock, silver regulation dial. Dial and movement signed. Diam. 30 mm. Property of a Swiss Gentleman