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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 21, 1995
LOT 141
Robert Molineux, London, No. 556, circa 1830. Fine silver quarter repeating watch with special escapement.
CHF 2,500 - 3,000
C. Later custom made by Richard Olivier with London hallmarks for 1864, "forme quatre baguettes" engine-turned, integral domo. D. White enamel with Roman mmmerats and subsidiary seconds. Go1d "spade" hands. M. Hinged guilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain and maintaining power, duplex escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, flat balance spring with bimetallic compensation curb, gilt brass cock pierced and engraved with scrolling foliage, diamond endstone. Repeating on gongs by depressing the pendant. Gilt brass dust cap. Signed on the back plate. In very good condition. Diam. 55 mm.
