Swiss minute repeater with two Jacquemarts Circa 1900

Gold enamel hunting cased pocket watch 
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A decorative Swiss minute repeating gold enamel hunting cased pocket watch with two Jacquemarts circa 1900. Accompanied by an original mahogany box with mother-of-pearl inlay.
The engine-turned case is 18 Carat Gold and translucent cobalt blue enamelled; the front lid with engraved floral gold decor studded with diamonds. It has a gold dome and slide for the repeating mechanism. The dial has an enamel chapter ring with radial Roman hours, auxiliary seconds, screwed on polychrome enamel figures of two forging gentlemen against a blued steel ground, and Louis XV hands. And the frosted, gilt bridge movement, Patent 51197, has two hammers / two gongs, governor for repetition, and gold screw compensation balance.
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Diameter: 56 mm
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Weight: 142 g
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Signed: No name
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A Jacquemart (sometimes Jaquemart and also called a quarter-jack) is an automaton, an animated, mechanised figure of a person, usually made from wood or metal, which strikes the hours on a bell with a hammer.

The word is originally French but is sometimes used in English as well. The origin of the word is disputed, but one theory relates it to a tool called a ‘jacke’, used by the craftsmen building church towers, the steeplejacks.