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Hotel Nogalhilton Geneve, Nov 11, 2001

LOT 207

Lot of five watchmaking tools, small desk clock, calendar watch and a magnettester.

C. 1. Repivoting tool in black paper-covered box, designed to be held in a vise and operated by a bow, circa 1890.2. Nickel Jacob tool for finishing pivots, c. 1900. 3. Rounding-up tool, steel and brass designed for quickly decreasing the diameter of a wheel, retaining the module and the shape, c. 1900. 4. Jacob tool in original Morocco box signed "Tour a pivoter, a vis de rappel, Qualite Superieure", two additional spindles and pivot measuring plate. 5. Small nickel and steel turns. 6. "Magnettester" tool for checking magnetism in watches, with a label from Glasshutter Prazisionsuhren B. Keller. 7. Unusualsmall watch with days of the week and date in tambour brass case, 3/4 plate movement with lateral lever escapement, monometallic balance in wooden box with key provision. 8. Small clock, blackened case, a brass statue of a fisherman with his net to the left, applied gilt brass decorations with associated Charles Cummins full plate movement with Massey lever escapement and bimetallic compensation balance.