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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 10, 1994
Not signed, Swiss, circa 1820. Fine 18 ct. gold and enamel, quarter repeating watch.
C. Three body, Empire, engine-turned with reeded band. Hinged gilt brass cuvette. D. Gold with Breguet numerals on white enamel cartouches, the enamel centre with a finely painted scene of a sea-side landscape with fisher men on the fore ground, a vessel on the back. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Gilt brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass continental cock of unusual design with polished steel end-piece. Repeating on gongs by depressing the pendant. In good condition. Diam. 54 mm.