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ANONYME 18K (750 thousandths) gold minute-repeating savonnet - Lot 179

ANONYME 18K (750 thousandths) gold minute-repeating savonnette pocket watch, white enamel dial with central decoration of a bull and a bullfighter automata in guilloché metal painted with translucent blue enamel and colored enamels, black railway minute track, hour markers with black decal Roman numerals, small seconds at six o'clock, gilded pear-shaped hands. Hinged front cover in 18K (750 thousandths) gold, hinged caseback in 18K (750 thousandths) gold inside numbered 36800, 18K (750 thousandths) gold dust cover engraved with the watch's features, numbered 36800. Mechanical movement with manual pendant winding and spring-stamp minute repeater triggered by a slide on the case middle edge, anchor escapement. Watch and repeater functional at time of appraisal, but no guarantee of future operation or condition of parts. Slight scratches on the case, slight marks on the dial, slight stain on the small seconds. Accompanied by a case signed Servan in Bordeaux. Second half of the 19th century Diameter: 56 mm Gross weight: 161.8 g