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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 21, 1995
LOT 55
James Tregent, Leicester Square, London, No. 1215, circa 1780. Very fine gold and enamel pair-cased quarterrepeating watch with matching chatelaine.
CHF 20,000 - 25,000
C. Outer, double body, entirely engraved with brightcut pattern line work decorated with pallets, roundels and wavy lines in white and royal blue translucent enamel, the back centred with a classical urn, the chatelaine decorated en suite, with gilt clip, suspending three panels and four chaires, with original key and complementary eye-glass, vinaigrette urn and hair locket. Inner, double body pierced and engraved with inhabited foliage and grotesque mask. Gilt-metal dust cap. D. White enamel, Roman and Arabic numerals. Blued-steel " beetle and poker" hands. M. Gilt brass full-plate, turned pillars, fusee with chain, cylinder escapement with steel escape wheel, plain three-am steel balance and flat spring. English pattern balance cock with diamond end-stone. Quarterrepeating on a bell and "à-toc" by depressing the pendant. Signed on the back plate, dial and dust cap. In very good condition. Diam: 46 mm. Overa11173 mm.
