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Hôtel Plaza Athénée - Le Trianon, Sep 28, 2005

LOT 174

H. N. Squire & Sons, New York, No. 280259, movement attributable to Vacheron Contantin. Made circa 1910. Very fine, hunting-cased, keyless, 18K pink gold pocket watch.

C. Four-body, "bassine", hinged covers with peripheral ?Vermicelli? decoration, monogrammed cover, ?Vermicelli?-decorated case band, hinged and dedicated gold cuvette. D. White enamel with Arabic numerals, outer minute track with 5-minute blue Arabic markers, sunk subsidiary seconds dial. Blued steel "spade" hands. M. Cal. 19???, nickel, damascened, 21 jewels, straight line lever escapement ?à moustache?, cut bimetallic compensation balance, adjusted, blued steel Breguet balance spring, Brandt?s micrometer regulator, wolf-tooth winding wheels. Dial and movement signed by the retailer, case numbered, movement also engraved: ?Pat. Jan. 8. 1884?. Diam. 51 mm.