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Hotel Noga Hilton, Nov 14, 2004

LOT 368

Poitevin, Paris, No. 27790, circa 1890. Fine 18K gold hunting-cased, keyless, minute-repeating pocket watch with chronograph.

CHF 5,000 - 7,000

EUR 3,000 - 4,500 / USD 4,000 - 5,500

C. Five-body, ?bassine et filets?, polished, gold hinged glazed cuvette. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals,outer minute track, outermost seconds divided into fifths, subsidiary sunk seconds. Gold ?spade? hands.M. 44 mm (19 1/2'''), maillechort, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 34 jewels, straight line calibrated lever escapement,cut bimetallic compensation balance with Breguet balance spring, repeating on gongs through activating slidein the band.Movement signed.Diam. 53 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 3

Good

Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 3 - 01

Notes

B. Poitevin advertised as ?Fabricant, 22 rue Vivienne, Paris?.