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New York, Nov 28, 2001

LOT 176

Non-Magnetic Watch Co., No. 25020, circa 1890.Fine, 18K gold keyless, minute repeating watch with nonmagnetic escapement.

C. four-body, triple-hinged, engine-turned back cover, polished band, gold cuvette. D. white enamel, double sunk, Arabic numerals, outer minute-ring with five-minute red Arabic markers, sunk subsidiary seconds. Gold "Louis XV" hands. M. 38.7 mm, nickel, bridge caliber, damascened in repeated pattern, straight line calibrated lever escapement, Paillard's Patent cut-bimetallic compensation balance with palladium Breguet balance spring, swan-neck micrometric regulator, wolf-tooth winding wheels, reeating on gongs through activating a slide in the band.Signed on the dial, case and movement. Diam. 48.5 mm.