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Tavannes, Swiss, case No. 678300, circa 1920.Fine and unusual 18K gold form watch in the shape of a book containing a miniature copy of the Koran. Three-body, the hinged back engraved with a view of Mecca, with an opening in the center to reveal the Koran. When opened, a miniature Koran inside a compartment is revealed, with a loop at the top for use as a pendant. Silvered with applied gold Arabic numerals, small, rectangular minute ring. 6x11’’’, cal. 68, rectangular with cut-out corners, straight-line lever escapement, cut bimetallic compensation balance, blued-steel Breguet balance spring.Signed on the dial and the movement.Dim. 22x31 mm.


Antiquorum

Auctioneer:
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Date:
2000-10-15

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