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Hôtel Plaza Athénée - Le Trianon, Sep 28, 2005

LOT 175

To be Sold Without Reserve Swiss. Made in the 1890s. Fine, hunting-cased, keyless, double-dial, 14K pink gold pocket watch with ?independent? day and date.

C. Three-body, ?Louis XV?-style, solid, polished, engine-turned covers spring-loaded with patented device preventing the opening of the lower cover. D. Front: white enamel with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track with 5-minute Arabic markers, subsidiary recessed seconds dial. Pink gold ?arrow? hands set each with a diamond. Back: white enamel ring dial with the date and the days of the week. M. Cal. 19???, nickel, ?fausses côtes? decoration, 15 jewels, straight line lever escapement, cut-bimetallic compensation balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring. Diam. 50 mm.