Swiss Gold Quarter Hour Repeater with Automaton, circa 1890. ...

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Swiss Gold Quarter Hour Repeater with Automaton, circa 1890
Case: highly ornate, 18k rose gold, hunters case, 53 mm, chased with leaves, flower vases, blank crest, two doves, foliage and scallops, fancy engraved inner gold cuvette, display glass over the movement
Dial: blue steel ground, central guilloche blue dial with Roman numerals, gold spade hands, enameled Father Time and cherub jacquemarts striking bells on the hours an quarter chimes, additional stationary enameled cherub and floral spray
Movement: nickel bridge, 31 jewels, jeweled thru the hammers, straight line lever with bi-metallic compensated balance, wolf's tooth winding, lever setting
Signed: Gme. Hoff & Fils, Chaux-de-Fonds on the cuvette and the movement

Condition Report*: Type: Swiss Gold Quarter Hour Repeater with Automaton
Signed: Gme. Hoff & Fils, Chaux-de-Fonds
Dial: fancy blue guilloche, blue Roman numerals
Hands; gold spades
Metal: 18k rose gold
Gram Weight: 118.1
Case Info: hunter, fancy and ornate
Case Width: 53 mm
Crystal: acrylic
Watch Movement: 31 jewels, nickel bridge, jeweled thru the hammers, straight line lever escapement, wolf's tooth winding, slide repeat, lever setting
Circa: 1890
Condition: case, dial and movement all very good

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2009 MAY Signature Timepieces Auction #5023 (go to Auction Home page)

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May, 2009

12th-13th Tuesday-Wednesday

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Sold on May 12, 2009 for: $6,572.50

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