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New York, Oct 17, 2008

LOT 3

Angelus, retailed by Abercrombie & Fitch Co., Swiss. Made circa 1950. Fine, pink-gilt brass, five-dialed, eightday going desk timepiece with hygrometer, barometer and Fahrenheit and Centigrade thermometer, day, date and month.

C. Pink gilt brass, helm shaped, mounted on a rotating back stand. D. For the mean time, pink with luminous Arabic indexes, blue luminous dart hands. The hygrometer, pink with percent graduation markings for dry, normal and moist. The barometer, pink with stormy, rain, change, fair and very dry indications. The thermometer, pink with outer Fahrenheit and Centigrade scale. Central dial with date indicator, apertures for the day of the week/month. M. Nickel plated, monometallic balance, index regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Height 18 cm., width 17.5 cm. Depth 5.7 cm.