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

LOT 343

Moulinie & Legrandroy, Genève, No. 35311, made for Ball Black & Co. of New York, circa 1885.Very fine, 18K gold and enamel diamond- and pearl-set, hunting-cased, keyless fob watch with matching fob.

C. four-body, Louis XV with extended hinge, front with painted-on-enamel oval medaillon with a cherub among flowers holding diamond-set flower basket, diamond-set garland above, azure enamel forget-me-not flowers on both sides, back en suite with medaillon painted with diamond-set harvest trophies, gold-hinged cuvette. Fob: oval medaillon with painted on enamel cherub picking roses, diamond-set garlands above, two pearls on top and bottom. D. off-white, Roman numerals, outer minute track with fie-minute red Arabic markers. Gold "Louis XV" hands. M. 22 mm, (9'''), frosted gilt, 10 jewels, cylinder escapement, three-arm gilded balance with flat balance spring.Cuvette signed.Diam. 30 mm, length with fob 84 mm.