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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 21, 1995
LOT 117
Vulliamy, London, No. ASOA, with London hallmarks for 1819. Fine 18 ct. gold, half quarter repeating watch with the coat-of-arms of George Temple-Nugent- Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, Marquess of Buckingham.
CHF 8,000 - 9,000
C. Four body, "Empiré" with reeded band, the back engraved with the coat-of-arms. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with Roman numerals. Blued steel Breguet bands. M. Gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain and maintaining power, duplex escapement, plain flat three-arm polished steel balance, balance spring with bimetallic compensation curb on the regulation slide, gilt brass cock engraved with a mask and foliage sunk in the back plate overlay pierced engraved with scrolling foliage. Half-quarter repeating on gongs by depressing the pendant. Signed on the dial and back plate. In vert' good condition. Diam, 52 mm.
