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Swiss Gold Skeletonized Quarter Hour Repeater With Automaton, circa 1820. ...
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Description
Swiss Gold Skeletonized Quarter Hour Repeater With Automaton, circa 1820Case: 18k rose gold, 57 mm, four body, back with engine turned border, central engraved with military regalia, recessed scalloped rim, inner glass over the movement
Dial: white enameled Arabic chapter ring, Breguet moon hands, center with multicolor gold jacquemarts, bells and a cupid at the base
Movement: fully pierced and engraved gilt movement with polished and exposed steel racks, levers and cams for the repeat functions, unusual steel open work bridge, three arm gold balance, verge, visible fusee, fully skeletonized front plate with multicolor two motion jacquemarts, hammers strike on inner gongs
Condition Report*:
Type: Swiss Gold Skeletonized Quarter Hour Repeater With Automaton
Dial: white enamel Arabic ring
Hands; blue moon
Metal: 18k gold
Case Info: four body, scalloped rim
Case Width: 57 mm
Crystal: glass
Watch Movement: fully pierced and engraved gilt movement with polished and exposed steel racks, levers and cams for the repeat functions, unusual steel open work bridge, three arm gold balance, verge, visible fusee, fully skeletonized front plate with multicolor two motion jacquemarts, hammers strike on inner gongs
Circa: 1820
Condition: movement is very good, running and chiming, case is very good overall with one tiny edge split on the extreme back cover edge under the pendant area, dial with some hairlines and flakes at twelve and three
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Dial: white enamel Arabic ring
Hands; blue moon
Metal: 18k gold
Case Info: four body, scalloped rim
Case Width: 57 mm
Crystal: glass
Watch Movement: fully pierced and engraved gilt movement with polished and exposed steel racks, levers and cams for the repeat functions, unusual steel open work bridge, three arm gold balance, verge, visible fusee, fully skeletonized front plate with multicolor two motion jacquemarts, hammers strike on inner gongs
Circa: 1820
Condition: movement is very good, running and chiming, case is very good overall with one tiny edge split on the extreme back cover edge under the pendant area, dial with some hairlines and flakes at twelve and three
Auction Info
2012 May 19 Timepieces Signature Auction - New York #5097 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
May, 2012
19th
Saturday
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