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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 24, 1999

LOT 372

London hallmarks for 1797. Fine silver pair cased, Sun-and-Moon watch.

C. Outer double body, silver, polished. Inner double body bassine with split bezel, polished. D. Silver champleve engraved with scrolled foliage in which Sun and Moon symbols, inlaid in a blued steel disc, appear alternatively in an open sector to indicate the hours of day and night, marked along the rim in Roman numerals, the minute being shown in a conventional manner on the outer Arabic ring. Blued steel "poker" minute hand. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass cock pierced and engraved with a mask and foliage. Signed on the back plate. Diam. 56 mm.