German 18 carat gold quarter repeating pocket watch Circa 1820

Gold engine turned cylinder watch
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A German 18 carat gold quarter repeating pocket watch, circa 1820. An Empire, engine turned case, slide at 1 for locking the repeating and a hinged gilt metal cuvette. White enamel dial, Arabic numerals, outer minute track, secured by a screw and blued steel Breguet hands. Matte gilt, full plate movement, the barrel under a separate bridge, repeat barrel under a polished steel plate, cylinder escapement, plain three arm balance, flat balance spring, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by depressing the pendant. Dial, cuvette and movement signed.
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Diameter: 57 mm
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Signed: C. F. Mylius  Frankfurt
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Little is known of the watchmaker Carl Friedrich Mylius although he was evidently a highly competent maker. His son, also called Carl Friedrich Mylius was a well known photographer in Frankfurt.