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New York, Nov 28, 2001

LOT 179

Charles Fasoldt, Albany, NY, No. 436, circa 1870.Very fine and rare, 18K gold, hunting-cased, keyless patented pocket chronometer.

C. four-body, by E.H. Humbert, No. 370, "bassine et filets", engine-turned covers, reeded band, gold glazed, hinged cuvette. D. white enamel, Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, subsidiary sunk seconds. Blued steel, Breguet hands. M. 46.6 mm, nickel, parallel bridge caliber, "fausses côtes" decoration, Fasoldt patented unidirectional double gold wheel lever-chronometer escapement with locking on the large wheel and impulse from the smaller one, large pierced single roller, cut-bimetallic comensation balance, gilded in typical for Fasoldt manner, blued steel Breguet balance spring controlled by Fasoldt patented micrometric regulator, patented stem winding mechanism.Signed on the dial and movement. Movement also engraved "Pat. Feb. 1. 1864 & March 7. 1865. Pat. Applied for", case punched "E.H".Diam. 55 mm.