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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 02, 2000

LOT 124

Touchon & Co., Geneva, No. 4886, circa 1900.Fine and rare 18K gold hunting cased, keyless minute repeating watch with split-second chronograph and 30-minute progressive recorder.

C. Four-body, massive, ?demi-bassine?, polished, the back engraved with a monogram. Hinged gold cuvette engraved with the name of the owner and the date: 1903. D. White enamel with Arabic numerals, red outer Arabic minute and chronograph ring, sunk subsidiary seconds and minute register. Blued steel ?spade? hands. M. 17???, rhodium plated, 36 jewels, straight line lever escapement, adjusted cut bimetallic balance, Breguet balance spring with swan neck micrometric index. Minute repeating on gongswith slide in the band. Chronograph with visible work, with chronograph and split-seconds push pieces in the band.Signed on the dial.Diam. 49 mm.