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Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Apr 13, 2002

LOT 27

Jean Baptiste Baillon A Paris, Swiss, circa 1770. Fine 18K gold and painted enamel watch.

C. Two-body, ?Louis XV?, back painted on enamel with a scene showing a gentleman sitting with a shepherdess accompanied by her sheep, with a cupid to the left and ruins in the background, gold crescent-shaped paillon border on blue enamel background, front bezel with blue champlevé enamel forming a geometrical pattern. D. White convex enamel, Roman numerals, outer minute ring with outer five-minute Arabic figures, winding aperture between 3 and 4 o?clock. Gold ?Louis XV? hands. M. 36 mm, hinged, gilt brass full plate with square baluster pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, conti-nental cock. Signed on the movement. Diam. 45 mm.