Swiss skeletonized quarter repeating jacquemart Circa 1795

Gold skeletonized quarter repeating watch with jacquemart automata
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A Swiss yellow gold skeletonized quarter repeating open-faced watch with jacquemart automata, circa 1795, gilt full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, plain three-arm balance, pierced and engraved balance bridge, two hammers quarter repeating on two gongs, later gilt cuvette.
White enamel outer ring with pierced gold ring decoration, Breguet numerals, skeletonized center surmounted by a three-colour gold automata scene depicting two jaquemart, yellow gold guilloché case, a slide to the milled band for locking the repeating system, case numbered, cuvette and movement signed.
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Diameter: 55 mm
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Signed: Franç L’Hardy