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Roosevelt Hotel, Madison Avenue @ 45th Street, Dec 04, 2002

LOT 156

Unsigned, Swiss, No. 8973, case No. 14875. Produced in the 1920's.Fine, rectangular, Art Deco, platinum, sapphire and diamond-set lady's wrist-watch with a 14K white gold woven bracelet.

C. two-body, solid, polished and brushed, dedicated hinged case back, engraved band, oval bezel set with baguette-cut sapphires and round-cut diamonds, concave lugs. D. matte silver with pain-ted stylized Arabic numerals. "Breguet" blued steel hands. M. Cal. 5 1/2''', stam-ped with the Geneva Quality Hallmark, baguette, rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 17 jewels, lateral lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, flat balance-spring.Case and movement numbered.Engraved on the back: "Helena".Dim. 13 x 27 mm.Approx. overall length 220 mm.