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Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Oct 13, 2001

LOT 473

Susanna and the EldersRomilly, Paris, circa 1770.Very fine 18K multicolored gold watch, quarter-repeating on a bell, à tact, or à toc.

C. Two-body, "Louis XV", back chased and engraved in multicolored gold with a scene depicting Susanna and the Elders on engine turned background, bezels with floral and rocaille decoration. D. White enamel, Roman numerals, outer minute ring with five-minute Arabic markers separated by diamonds. Diamond-set silver "Louis XV" hands. M. 34 mm, hinged, gilt full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, plain steel balance with flat balance-spring, continental cock, repeatinby depressing the pendant, "à toc" or on a bell via a lever protruding below the dial at 7 o'clock, or "à tact" via a push button on the bezel at 7 o'clock.Signed on the movement, case stamped "IT".Diam. 45 mm.