Swiss gold and enamel quarter repeating pocket watch Circa 1780

Gold verge paste-set pocket watch
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A fine and rare Swiss 18K gold and painted-on enamel quarter repeating paste-set pocket watch, circa 1780. The back with painted enamel riverside scene with fishermen in the foreground, blue and varicoloured enamel border, a paste-set thumb-piece, a band engraved and decorated with champlevé enamel flowers, bezel set with pastes. White enamel dial, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track with large five-minute Arabic numerals and paste-set elaborate hands. A hinged, frosted gilt full-plate movement with tapered pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, brass balance with flat balance spring, continental cock with a blued steel end piece, repeating on a bell in the back of the case activated by depressing the pendant. Dial and movement signed.
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Diameter: 42 mm
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Signed: Bordier  Genève