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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 15, 2000
David Mayer, Hartford, Connecticut, Swiss, circa 1890.Fine 14K gold one-minute repeating watch with a chronograph.
C. Four-body, 'bassine et filets', polished, gold hinged cuvette with border in fine engine-turning. D. White enamel, Breguet numerals, subsidiary sunk seconds, blued-steel 'spade' hands. M. 19???, nickel, 'fausses côtes' decoration, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued-steel Breguet balance spring, all three trains fully jeweled, wolf-teeth winding wheels, pin-set, repeating on gongs through activating the slide in the band.Signed on the cuvette.Diam. 53 mm.
Grading System | |
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Grade: AA |
Very good |
Case: 4 |
Fair |
Movement: 4 - 5* |
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Dial: 4 - 01 |