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US$4,000-6,000
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UNSIGNED, NO. 391, CIRCA 1890
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SWISS. AN 18K GOLD, ENAMEL AND PEARL-SET MINUTE REPEATING SINGLE BUTTON CHRONOGRAPH OPENFACE KEYLESS LEVER WATCH
Unsigned, No. 391, circa 1890
With gilt-finished jewelled lever movement, bi-metallic compensation balance, repeating on two gongs, gold cuvette, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals, outer ring with Arabic five minute divisions, gold spade hands, subsidiary seconds, in circular case, the reverse painted with a polychrome enamel scene of a young man courting a sheperdess in the fields with pink roses in the foreground, with blue guilloché enamel border, the bezels set with split seed pearls, repeating slide in the band, chronograph operated through button in crown, unsigned
53 mm. diam.
Unsigned, No. 391, circa 1890
With gilt-finished jewelled lever movement, bi-metallic compensation balance, repeating on two gongs, gold cuvette, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals, outer ring with Arabic five minute divisions, gold spade hands, subsidiary seconds, in circular case, the reverse painted with a polychrome enamel scene of a young man courting a sheperdess in the fields with pink roses in the foreground, with blue guilloché enamel border, the bezels set with split seed pearls, repeating slide in the band, chronograph operated through button in crown, unsigned
53 mm. diam.