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New York, Grand Havana Room, Apr 25, 2001

LOT 32

Dent, London. Produced circa 1880.Fine, 14K gold hunting-cased pocket chronometer with special escapement.

C. four-body, "bassine" with square bottoms, "guilloché" covers, front with circular cartouche showing engraved coat of arms, hinged gold cuvette with "guilloché" ring on the periphery and glazed bezel for viewing the movement. D. white enamel, Roman chapters, outer minute ring with five-minute Arabic numerals, sunk auxiliary dial for the seconds. Gold paste-set hands. M. 43.2 mm., 20 jewels, bridge Swiss caliber, going barrel, pivoted detent escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance withlued steel helical balance spring having terminal curves, lever-set.Signed on the dial, cuvette inscribed "Chronometer Renversement".Diam. 54 mm.