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Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Oct 15, 2006

LOT 202

?The Sultan?s Displeasure? Berthoud A Paris, Swiss. Made circa 1770. Fine, 20K gold, painted on enamel and diamond-set pocket watch.

C. Two-body, chased bezel decorated with flowers, the back decorated with a scene of a sultan seated at a table brandishing a dagger surrounded by onlookers, an old man in front with a stick and a dog at his feet, border decorated to match the bezel, thumb-piece set with an old-cut diamond. D. White enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, winding aperture at 2 o?clock. Rose diamond set hands. M. 36 mm., hinged gilt brass full plate with pentagonal pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement with micrometric potence adjustment, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, pierced and foliate chased continental type balance cock with polished steel end-piece, silver regulation dial. Movement signed. Diam. 43 mm. To be sold without reserve