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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 20, 1991
LOT 50
L.E. Santerre, circa 1820. Unusual silver watch with a special caliber.
CHF 2,500 - 3,000
Sold: CHF 3,220
C. Three body , "forme quatre baguettes", engine turned (rubbed), with reeded band. Cuvette lacking. D. White enamel with Roman numerals. Blued-steel Breguet hands. Very unusual and rare polished brass Lepine caliber movement with fusee and chain, verge escapement, plain brass three armed balance, flat balance spring. Signed on the dial. In working order. Diam. 55 mm.
Notes
This appears to he a watch made with an
experimental caliber, for the movement is not