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

LOT 214

Attributed to Eduard Koehn, No. 77777. Produced circa 1895. Retailed by Tiffany.Very fine and unusual, keyless, five-minute repeating, 18K gold pocket watch.

C. four-body, "empire", triple-hinged, engine turned case back, bezels and band richly decorated in low relief of sea shells and snails, gold cuvette. D. multicolored gold with applied rose gold Roman numerals on matted ground, each separated by cluster of grapes, center with scalloped edge with applied large cluster of grapes with wine leaves. "Louis XV" gold hands. M. 38mm (17'''), rhodium-plated, "fausses-côtes" decoration, 31 jewels, straight line calibrated lever escapement, cut-bimetallicompensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, "Swan-neck" micrometer regulator, repeating on gongs by activating slide on the band.Case and movement signed by the retailer.Diam. 45 mm.