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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 31, 1998

LOT 59

Meuron & Comp., Swiss, circa 1790. Fine silver and tortoiseshell covered pair-cased, Grande Sonnerie, striking and quarter repeating coach watch with alarm.

C. Silver double body, Louis XVI, polished, the bezel and border of the back engraved and pierced with foliage decoration. Outer tortoiseshell covered protecting case, the beaded bezel with pique decoration, the back with roundells on the border. D. White enamel with Breguet numerals. Gilt brass hands. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with conical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring with regulator, gilt brass continental cock with garnet endstone. Hour striking train independent from that of the quarters, both with fixed barrels and revolving arbors, striking on a bell, the repeating train released by a pull-cord. Alarm train also with fixed barrel and revolving arbor, striking on the same bell. Signed on the dial and back plate. Diam. 135 mm.