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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 18, 1998

LOT 291

write, rue du Faubourg Montmartre, No. 30, a Paris, circa 1830. Fine 18K gold ruby-set watch with eccentric dial.

CHF 3,500 - 4,000

C. Four body, massive with scalloped edge and wide bezel, fully chased with ruby-set chased floral and foliage decoration over a matted ground. Hinged gold cuvette. D. Silver engine-turned with Roman numerals on an eccentric polished chapter ring. Blued-steel Breguet hands. M. 15"', gilt brass, bar calibre with going barrel, cylinder escapement, plain gold three-arm balance, flat balance spring with regulator. Signed on the cuvette. Diam. 43 mm.


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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good

Case: 1

As new

Movement: *2

Very good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense

Dial: 2-51

Very good

Partially reprinted