| A fine late 19th Century quarter repeating lever in a heavy gold half hunter case. Gilt three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel. Engraved cock with polished steel regulator, diamond endstone. Compensation balance with quarter timing nuts, blue steel double overcoil hairspring.
English double roller lever escapement. Screwed in jewelling to both going and repeating trains, escape and lever pivots with endstones. Slide quarter repeating on two polished steel gongs. Signed white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel half hunter hands. Substantial plain 18 carat half hunter case with blue enamel chapter ring. Recessed gold slide, two flysprings to the front cover, maker's mark "AS" in
a rectangle.
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