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Geneva, May 15, 2005

LOT 136

James Nardin, Locle, No. 13245, case No. 71404, circa 1870. Very fine 18K gold hunting-cased key-less minute-repeat-ing pocket watch.

C. Four-body, heavy,"bassine et filets", engineturned and polished covers, polished band, engine turned and polished gold hinged cuvette, D. White enamel,Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, large subsidiary sunk seconds. Blued steel "Breguet" hands. M. 43 mm.(19'''), nickel, ?fausses-côtes? decoration, 29 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensationbalance with blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator, wolf's tooth winding, repeating on two gongs byactivating a slide in the band.Signed on the dial, case, cuvette and movement.Diam. 56 mm. Thickness 22 mm.