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Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Oct 13, 2001

LOT 501

L'Epine, Horloger du Roy a Paris, circa 1780.Silver astronomical, manual perpetual calendar, double-faced watch.

C. Two-body, double bezel, polished. D. On one side: white enamel, eccentric Roman hour chapter with outer minute divisions and five-minute Arabic markers, winding aperture at 2 o'clock, regulator dial below, all against a blue background with grisaille cupids. On the other side: concentric months and their duration, date, day,and the days of the week with their corresponding planets. Blued steel hands. M. 34 mm, hinged, gilt full-platewith cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement plain brass balance with flat balance-spring, conti-nental cock.Signed on the dial ring.Diam. 43 mm.