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Noga Hilton, Geneva, Apr 12, 2003

LOT 440

(Le Phare), Le Locle, No. 19119/64912 made for Antonio Passoni, Venezia, circa 1920.Fine, 18K gold hunting-cased minute-repeating watch with chronograph and instantaneous 30-minuteregister

C. Four-body, "bassine", polished with monogrammed front, gold hinged cuvette. D. White enamel, Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions, outermost chronograph track divided into fifths, five-minute/seconds Arabic markers, minute register at 3 o'clock, subsidiary sunk seconds at 9 o'clock. Gilt "spade" hands. M. 45 mm. (20'''), frosted gilt, 28 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance with Breguet balance spring, silent two-arm centrifugal governor, repeating ogongs through activating slide in the band. Signed by the retailer on the cuvette. Diam. 53 mm.