The Longitude at the Eve of the Third...

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 23, 1999

LOT 380

Vaucher Frères à Fleurier près Neuchâtel en Suisse,No. 10636, circa 1820.Fine 18K gold quarter repeating watch.

C. Four body, Empire, polished with ribbed band. Hinged gold cuvette. D. Gold engine-turned with letters for: J.U.L.I.E.N.- X.A.V.I.E.R. in place of hour numerals and outer Arabic minute ring. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. 23''', gilt brass, bar calibre with free standing barrel, cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, flat balance spring. Repeating on gongs by depressing the pendant.Signed on the back plate.Diam. 58 mm.