Swiss silver repeating verge watch with early Jacquemart Circa 1800

Silver pocket watch with signed cuvette  
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A numbered silver verge watch with an early Jacquemart figure automaton, made by the Frères Esquivillon & DeChoudens in Genève, Switzerland, circa 1800. The open faced plain case of this watch was crafted from silver and has a reeded band and a numbered cuvette. The face has an especially beautiful version of the figure automaton with three coloured figures of very fine quality, a central screwed white dial with black Arabic hour numerals and Breguet hands. The movement has a verge escapement repeating the hours and quarters and a Jacquemart figure automaton. Cuvette signed.
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Diameter: 54 mm
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Weight: 132 g
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Signed: F^res Esquivillon & DeChoudens
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The company Esquivillon et Deschoudens, Genève, belonged to the most important Geneva automaton manufacturers. They made pocket watches with different figure automatons with up to seven motion sequences.