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Hôtel Plaza Athénée - Le Trianon, Sep 28, 2005

LOT 72

To be Sold Without Reserve Geo. G. Shreve & Co. San Francisco, No. 2S 92870, case No. 75337. Made circa 1890. Fine, hunting-cased, keyless, 18K pink gold pendant watch.

C. Four-body, ?bassine et filets", solid, case band, bezel and back with Vermicelli decoration, monogrammed cover, gold hinged cuvette with engraving dated 1892. D. White enamel with painted radial Roman numerals, outer minute track with red Arabic 5-minute markers, sunk subsidiary seconds dial. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. Cal. 12 1/2''', rhodium-plated, ?fausses-côtes?, 17 jewels, straight line lever ?à moustaches? escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel flat balance spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 35 mm. Thickness 10 mm.