French 18k gold quarter repeating à toc pocket watch Circa 1760
- Kenmerk
- TA2426
- Diameter
- 39 mm
- Estimate
- € 7.500 - 12.500
- Price sold
- € 8.650
Gold, enamel watch with gilt metal chatelaine
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A fine French, 18K gold and enamel, quarter repeating à toc pocket watch with a gilt metal chatelaine and gold coin fob, circa 1760. A Louis XV case, the bezel decorated with an engraved repeated pattern, the back with a monogram of interlaced “C’s” beneath a Vicomte’s coronet on a royal blue guilloche enamel oval ground, border of green champleve enamel leaves, outer border to match the bezel.
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White enamel dial with radial Roman numerals, outer minute track, large Arabic five minute numerals. Gilt Louis XV hands. A gilt full plate movement, fusee and chain, verge escapement, three-arm steel balance, flat balance spring, continental cock with polished steel endplate, silver regulation dial, repeating on blocks in the case activated by depressing the pendant. Dial and movement signed.
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Diameter: 39 mm
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Signed: Verneaux Paris
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Slightly chipped and restored soft enamel, hands partially replaced.
Signed: Verneaux Paris




















