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Noga Hilton, Geneva, Apr 12, 2003

LOT 437

Charles Frodsham, AD. Fmsz, By Appointment to Her Majesty the Queen, 84 Strand, London, No. 08172, circa 1900.Very fine 18K gold keyless minute-repeating watch with split-seconds chronograph and 60-minute register.

C. Four-body, "bassine 5 pommes", gold glazed hinged cuvette, swiveling anti-theft pendant. D. Off-white, by Willis, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, outermost chronograph track divided into fifths, minute register at 9 o'clock, subsidiary sunk seconds. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. 45 mm., (20''') 3/4-plate, nickel, "fausses côtes" decoration, going barrel, 21 jewels, lateral counterpoised lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with gold screws, diamond endstone, bluedsteel double overcoiled Breguet balance spring, double roller, repeating on gongs through activating slide in the band. Signed on dial and movement, dial signed by Willis. Diam. 54 mm.