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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 02, 2000
LOT 68
François Granaglia à Turin, dated 1842.Fine silver pocket chronometer.
CHF 4,000 - 4,500
C. Three-body, ?forme quatre baguettes?, engine-turned. Hinged gilt brass cuvette. D. White enamel with Roman numerals and sunk subsidiary seconds. Gold ?scoties? hands. M. 23???, gilt brass, bar calibre with massive bridges and going barrel, spring detent escapement, cut bimetallic balance, flat balance spring.Signed on the cuvette.Diam. 58 mm.
| Grading System | |
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Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 4 |
Fair |
Movement: * 4 |
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Dial: 4 - 13 - 01 |
Notes
Italian watches from this period are very rare, even more so when fitted with chronometer escapement.