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Lot n° 30

HOUR LAVIGNE, à Paris

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Desk clock featuring a rock crystal circle with off-center dial, resting on a truncated malachite pyramid base on steps, en suite, and adorned with attachments dotted with rail-set brilliant-cut diamonds on polished yellow (750) gold. Gilded dial imitating a stylized braid, signed, with baton hour markers punctuated with brilliant-cut diamonds in grain-setting, for the four main hours. Bezel, steps and caseback in brushed vermeil (800). Brushed gold metal dust cover. Quartz movement, signed SEIKOSHA. Goldsmith's hallmark : U.T.I. Gross weight: 427.7 g. - 10 x 8 x4 cm. A few scratches; a few chips, shocks and cracks, one glued back to the reverse of the pyramid, one ground to the top of the rock crystal, small missing parts, cracked step; traces of glue; slight play in the left crystal part.