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Hotel Noga Hilton, Nov 14, 2004

LOT 10

So-called ?Chinese Duplex? Attributed to Bovet, Swiss, circa 1870. Fine 18K gold two time-zone pocket watch with Jacot duplex escapement beating dead seconds.

CHF 2,500 - 3,000

EUR 1,600 - 2,000 / USD 2,000 - 2,500

Sold: CHF 3,220

C. Four-body, ?bassine et filets?, engine-turned back, reeded band, gold hinged cuvette. D. White enamel, two time-zone subdials, one with radial Roman numerals at the left, one with Breguet numerals to the right, center dead seconds with track at the outermost, subsidiary seconds. Blued steel and gilt ?spade? hands. M. 42 mm (19'''), gilt engraved brass, jeweled to the center, T-shaped center bridge, standing barrel, Jacot duplex escapement, three-arm steel balance with blued steel axe-shaped weights.Diam. 47 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: A

Good
Case: 3 - 14
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3 - 19 - 01

Notes

An interesting watch, probably by Bovet who sometimes signed with the reverse of his name, Tevob, the intial of which a ?T? is formed by the center bridge.