French 18K gold quarter repeating pocket watch Circa 1780
- Kenmerk
- AL2236
- Diameter
- 44 mm
- Estimate
- € 2.500 - 5.000
- Price sold
- € 1.500
Unsigned gold verge pocket watch probably from Paris
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A French 18 carat gold, in three colours, quarter repeating verge pocket watch, circa 1780. The gilt brass movement features a verge escapement and key winding over a chain and fusee, with an ornamentally pierced balance bridge, a silver regulation dial, and a quarter repeater with push release and strike on a bell. It features a white enamel dial with Roman numerals for the hours, an outer minute track with Arabic five minute numerals, and Louis XVI style hands. The Louis XVI finely chased gold case, in en trois couleurs, displays relief ornamentation and a reserve depiction of Liebesputto in Landschaft on the lid.
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Diameter: 44 mm
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Signed: No name
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Light signs of age, dial slightly bumped. Quarter strike does not release, to be revised.






















