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Geneva, Oct 04, 2009

LOT 122

Quarter Repeating H. Redard & Fils, Geneve, No. 21620. Made circa 1890. Fine and rare, quarter-repeating, 18K rose gold, keyless lady?s pendant watch.

CHF 3,200 - 4,200

USD 3,000 - 4,000 / EUR 2,100 - 2,800

Sold: CHF 3,840

C. Four-body, ?bassine? polished. Hinged gold cuvette with engine-turned border. D. Off-white enamel with blue Arabic numerals, outer gold dot minute divisions, subsidiary seconds. Gold Louis XV hands. M. 13???, frosted gilt, 30 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by a slide on the band. Cuvette signed. Diam. 33 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3-23-01

Good

Later

HANDS Original

Notes

H. Redard & Fils
Founded in 1844 at 12, Rue du Mont-Blanc, Geneva. Specialised in complicated and precision watches, exhibited at the Chicago Exhibition of 1893 and the Geneva National Exhibition in 1896.