Italian silver gilt quarter repeating verge watch Circa 1780

Silver gilt quarter repeater by F.A. Felicetti
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A fine, very rare Italian silver gilt open faced quarter repeating verge pocket watch, circa 1780. Frosted gilt full plate movement, pentagonal baluster pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, three armed steel balance, flat balance spring, pierced and chased continental balance cock, silver regulation dial, repeating on a bell in the back of the case activated by depressing the pendant. White enamel dial with Roman numerals, outer minute track and Arabic five minute numerals, gilt and rose cut diamond set hands. engrvaedLouis XV case, bezel and band decorated with concentric rings. Movement signed.
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Diameter: 46 mm
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Signed: F. Ant.o Felicetti Napoli
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Italian watches with a Naples signature are very rare.
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Felicetti, working in Naples in the second half of the 18th century, this maker wrote a description of the Farnese planisphere clock in the Vatican.