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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 15, 2000

LOT 85

Swiss, retailed in Germany, circa 1890.Fine 18K gold, hunting-cased, keyless, minute repeating watch with split-seconds chronograph.

C. Four-body, massive, 'bassine'. The back cover finely engraved with a hunting scene, the front cover monogrammed, gold hinged cuvette and gold glazed bezel over the movement. D. White enamel with Roman numerals, outer Arabic minute and chronograph rings, sunk subsidiary seconds, blued-steel 'Spade' hands.M. 20???, nickel, 'fausses côtes' decoration, the going, repeating, and chronograph trains fully jeweled, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, blued-steel Breguet balance spring with index regulator, repeating on gongs through activating the slide in the band. Chronograph on the back with split-seconds mechanism under the dial, chronograph activated by pushing the winding crown, split-seconds activated by a push-piece in the band, lever-set. The insides of the covers stamped wth Swiss Assay 18K gold marks from Le Locle, number '19846', casemaker?s mark and German Assay guarantee stamp.Diam. 59 mm.