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Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Oct 13, 2001

LOT 459

Thuret, Paris, circa 1700.Fine silver "oignon" quarter-repeating "oignon" watch.

C. Two-body, "oignon", polished and pierced for sound. D. White enamel, Roman numerals, outer minute ring with five-minute Arabic markers. Gilt "trefoil" hands. M. 44,5 mm, hinged, gilt full plate with Egyptian pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement with brass balance and short balance-spring, Louis XIV cock pierced and engraved with inhabited foliage, Tompion type regulator, repeating on a bell by depressing the pendant.Signed on the movement.Diam. 57,6 mm.