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Geneva, Nov 11, 2007
?Thin Minute Repeater? Paul Ditisheim, La Chaux de Fonds, No. 28348. Made circa 1910. Very fine, thin and elegant, minute-repeating, hunting-cased, 18K gold keyless dress watch.
C. Four-body, ?bassine?, polished, the back cover with concealed hinge. Hinged gold cuvette. D. Matte gilt, champlevé Breguet numerals, outer minute track, subsidiary seconds, engine-turned center. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 17???, rhodium-plated, inscribed ?Grand Prix, Paris 1900?, 31 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometer regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Dial and case signed. Diam. 48 mm.
Grading System | |
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Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-9-01 |
Good Scratched HANDS Original |