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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 21, 1995

LOT 160

C. Smith, Bunhill Road, London, No. 96980, with London hallmarks for 1829. Fine 18 ct. gold, quarter repeating watch.

C. Four body, massive, Empire, polished, marked "T. H." (Thomas Hardy II), the back engraved with a small crest. Hinged gold cuvette. D. White enamel with Roman munerals and subsidiary seconds; Gold "pear" hands. M. Gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, cylinder escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, flat balance spring with regulator, gilt brass cock engraved with foliage, diamond endstone. Repeating on gongs by depressing the pendant. Signed on the back plate. In very ghood condition. Diam.51 mm.