French gold quarter repeating à toc verge watch Circa 1760

Gold à toc watch with à tact option
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A very fine and rare French 18-carat varicolored gold and diamond-set quarter repeating à toc watch with à tact option, circa 1760. Hinged, frosted gilt full-plate movement with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, steel balance with flat balance spring, micrometric potence adjustment, pierced and chased foliate continental type balance cock, repeating on gold blocks in the case activated by depressing the pendant. Hinged, frosted gilt full-plate movement with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, steel balance with flat balance spring, micrometric potence adjustment, pierced and chased foliate continental type balance cock, repeating on gold blocks in the case activated by depressing the pendant. Case with Paris Hallmarks for 1760-1761, the back decorated with an applied varicolored gold scene depicting a hunter, his horse and a dog resting after a stag hunt, the whole against sunburst engine turning, bezels with applied multi-colored floral pattern, diamond-set thumbpiece, push-button at 8 o’clock for à tact option. Movement signed.
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Diameter: 45 mm
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Signed: Philippe Gros Paris
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Philippe Gros is recorded as working in Paris in 1780.