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Hong Kong, Jun 08, 2001

LOT 248

Frazer & Haws, 31, Regent Street, London, No. 12272, with London hallmarks for 1889, made for the Indian Market.Very fine and rare 18K gold and enamel, hunting cased, diamond-set, keyless minute repeating watch.

C. Four-body, solid, ?bassine et filets?, with Richard Macair Ball's Master Mark, the band, bezels, pendant and bow with engraved decoration, turquoise enameled front and back panels, the cover centered with a rose cut diamond-inlaid star with the motto: ?Heaven's light our guide?, within a diamond-set sunburst frame, the back decorated en suite with star and ornaments, all diamond-set, gold, hinged cuvette entirely engraved and decorated with dark blue enamel. D. Gold with Roman chapters and suk subsidiary seconds, fully engraved in a vermicelli pattern, the border with cast gold floral decoration. Blued steel ?fleur-de-lis? hands. M. 17''', frosted and gilt, three-quarter plate, English lateral lever escapement with lift on the pallets, cut bimetallic balance with diamond endstone, blued steel balance spring with terminal curve. Minute repeating on gongs by a slide in the band.Signed on the back plate.Diam. 51 mm.