French gold quarter repeating à toc pocket watch Circa 1775

Gold verge with painted on ivory portrait
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A fine and rare French quarter repeating à toc 18K two-colour gold pocket watch set with a painted on ivory miniature portrait of a lady, circa 1775. A Louis XVI case, the bezel decorated with two-colour gold fruiting vines, the backset with a painted on ivory miniature portrait of a lady within a glazed compartment. White enamel dial with Arabic numerals, outer dot minute divisions and Arabic 15-minute numerals, winding aperture at 2, gold sun hands. A gilt full plate movement, turned pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, three-arm brass balance, flat balance spring, continental balance cock, silver regulation dial, repeating with two hammers on blocks in the case activated by depressing the pendant. Movement signed.
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Diameter: 43 mm
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Signed: Charles Baltazar Paris
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Chipped winding aperture.