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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 15, 2000

LOT 229

B. Poitevin, 22 rue Viviene, Paris, No. 51020, circa 1905.Fine 18K gold, astronomical, keyless, minute repeating watch with phases of the moon, perpetual calendar, chronograph with 30-minute register and low relief symbolic decoration, in original mahogany fitted box.

C. Four-body, 'demi-bassine', back with low-relief decoration described inside the back cover: 'corde de pendu, houx, cochon, trèfle, chardon, fer à cheval, étoile, corail, gui'with the superimposed initials 'C.B.' in low-relief, the 'C' finished with a pig?s head, a small star at the top with a rose-cut diamond, front bezel with matching floral decoration in low relief, gold hinged cuvette. D. White enamel, Breguet numerals, outer Arabic minutes and chronograph scale, four subsidiary sunk dialsfor days of the week, days of the month, months of the four-year leap cycle concentric with minute register, and subsidiary seconds with aperture for phases of the moon, blued-steel 'spade' hands, snap-on fit. M. 19???, rhodiumed, 'fausses côtes' decoration, straight-line, calibrated lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued-steel Breguet balance spring, all three trains fully jeweled with endstones on the entire escapement, 'swan-neck' micrometric regulator, repeating on gongthrough activating the slide in the band, pin-set.Signed on the case.Diam. 53 mm.