Swiss gold quarter repeating musical pocket watch Circa 1825

Gold cylinder pocket watch
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A fine Swiss 18 carat gold quarter repeating musical pocket watch with music playing on the hour or at will, circa 1825. The movement is attributed to Piguet et Meylan. An Empire case with polished borders and bezel, bolt at 1 o’clock to lock the repeat and at 7 for the music. Hinged gilt brass cuvette with apertures for winding and hand setting. Gold dial, small offset with radial champlevé Roman numerals on an engine turned chapter ring, outer minute divisions, engine turned centre with applied gold foliage and outer foliate border, dial mask chased, engraved with foliate scrolls and blued steel Breguet hands.
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Gilt brass movement, two train, with foliate engraved standing barrel for the going train, cylinder escapement, plain three arm balance, flat balance spring, polished steel endplate, index regulator, repeating on gongs activated by depressing the pendant. Sur plateau musical movement, 27 tuned, steel vibrating blades acting on both sides of the pinned disc, music/silence lever at the edge of the cuvette beneath the back cover.
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Diameter: 55 mm
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Signed: No Name