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New York, Grand Havana Room, Apr 25, 2001

LOT 325

Unsigned, Geneva, No. 12715. Produced circa 1910.Fine, 18K gold, minute-repeating watch with split-second chronograph and 30-minute instantaneous register.

C. four-body, "bassine", polished, hinged gold cuvette. D. white enamel, Arabic numerals, outer minute ring, outermost fifth-second divisions with five-minute Arabic markers, sunk auxiliary dial for the seconds, minute register at 12 o'clock. Blued steel "Spade" hands. M. 40.4 mm., rhodium-plated, half-plate, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 25 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, Breguet balance spring, chronograph set on the back, split-second mechanism underthe dial, repeating on gongs through a slide in the band.Diam. 51 mm.