The Art of Horology in Geneva

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Nov 13, 1999

LOT 69

Philippe Terrot à Genève, No. 6471, circa 1780.Fine 18K gold dumb quarter repeating watch.

C. Double body, Louis XV, polished. D. White enamel with Roman numerals and outer Arabic minutes ring. Gold "poker and beetle" hands. M. Hinged gilt-brass full plate with cylindrical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass continental cock pierced and engraved with the name: M. O. R. I. C. A. N. D with polished-steel end-piece. Repeating on the case by depressing the pendant.Signed on the back plate.Diam. 45 mm.