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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 15, 2000

LOT 86

Swiss, retailed by Chs. J. Gaupp & Co, Hong Kong, No. 2498, circa 1890.Fine, 18K rose gold hunting-cased keyless, minute repeating watch.

C. Four-body, polished, gold hinged cuvette. D. White enamel, Roman numerals, Arabic outer minutes, snap-on fit, 'fleur-de-lys' hands. M. 19??? matte-gilded brass, straight-line calibrated lever escapement, bimetallic compensation balance, Breguet balance spring, the going train jeweled to the center wheel, the entire escapement with end-stones, the repeating train jeweled to the hammers, wolf-teeth winding gears, pin-set, the repeater with all-or-nothing feature activated by a slide on the bandSigned by the retailer on the dial and the cuvette, casemaker?s stamp 'DB' in an oval inside back cover, the cuvette engraved with 'Demi chronometer, Répétition à minute'.