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Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Oct 13, 2001
LOT 462
Testu A Paris, circa 1720.Very fine silver "oignon" watch with silver cock and pillars.
CHF 5,000 - 7,000
USD 3,000 - 4,200
Sold: CHF 6,900
C. Two-body, "oignon", chased and engraved with birds and foliage and with strap-work. D. Gilt brass with white enamel cartouches for Roman hour chapters, similar small outer cartouches for five-minute Arabic markers, inner enamel quarter-hour ring, center chased and engraved with a flower vase and foliage. Blued steel "fleur de lis" hands. M. 47 mm, hinged, gilt full plate with silver Egyptian pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement with steel balance and short balance-spring, Louis XIV silvr cock pierced and engraved with inhabited foliage, two exotic birds and two lions.Signed on the movement.Diam. 60 mm.
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Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 - 15 |
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Movement: 4 - 8* |
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Dial: 3 - 13 - 03 |