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Grand Havana Room, New York, May 08, 2002

LOT 216

Swiss, circa 1770.Fine, small, 18K diamond-set multicolored gold pendant watch.

C. two-body, "Louis XV", back decorated with allegorical scene in relief depicting two women making laurel-leaf wreaths against a Classical background, bezel and thumb-piece set with diamonds. D. white convex enamel, Roman numerals, outer minute ring with five-minute Arabic numerals, winding aperture at 2 o?clock. Diamond-set hands. M. 25 mm (11???), fire-gilded full-plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, plain brass balance with flat balance spring, continental cock.Diam. 32 mm