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Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Oct 13, 2001

LOT 455

C(laude) Blochet, Paris, circa 1700.Fine gilt metal center-wound single-hand "oignon" watch.

CHF 3,000 - 4,000

USD 1,800 - 2,400

Sold: CHF 3,450

C. Double-body, bezel and back chiseled and engraved with inhabited foliage. D. Gilded, white enamel cartouches for Roman numeral hours, inner quarter-hour enamel ring. Blued steel "fleur de lis" hand. M. 48.3 mm ø, hinged gilt brass full plate with Egyptian pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, short flat balance-spring, rack and pinion regulator, large Louis XIV cock pierced and engraved with inhabited foliage.Signed on the back plate.Diam. 58 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good

Case: 4 - 15
Movement: 3 - 5 - 6*
Dial: 4 - 22 - 01