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Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Apr 24, 2004

LOT 642

Ph(ilippe) Terrot & Fazy, Geneva, No. 7213, circa 1780. Very fine 18K gold and painted on ena-mel paste-set watch with châtelaine.

C. Two-body, "Louis XV", by "IBG", back centered by ovalmedallion painted on enamel with a portrait of a lady, translu-centgreen enamel frame over flinqué, border with translucentchamplevé enamel and varicolored applied gold forming foliatepattern, paste-set bezels. Châtelaine: two oval links with portraitminiatures of ladies, gold spoon.D. White enamel, radialRoman numerals, outer minute divisions with five-minuteArabic markers, winding aperture at 2 o?clock. Diamond-sethands.M. 28 mm, hinged, gilt brass skeletonized from fullplate, cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, cylinder escapement,three-arm gilt balance with flat balance spring, small solid cock.Signed on dial and movement.Diam. 33 mm. length with châtelaine 140 mm.