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New York, Nov 28, 2001

LOT 417

Fabrique Germinal (Picard & Cie) La Chaux de Fonds, No. 201594, circa 1910.Fine, 18K gold, diamond-set, keyless minute-repeating carillon watch with chronograph.

C. four-body, "bassine", front cover with a scene depicting an Arabic rider at sunset, the sun represented by a single diamond, gold hinged cuvette, double ear bow. D. white enamel, Arabic numerals, outer minute/seconds divisions with 25-seconds Arabic markers, subsidiary sunk seconds. Gold "Louis XV" hands. M. 49 mm, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, uncut bimetallic balance, blued steel Breguet balance-spring, "silent" governor, repeating on three gongs through a slidein the band.Cuvette signed and engraved with technical details "qualité superieure", etc. Arrow-shaped governor engraved "Ixora" Diam. 59 mm.