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Index No. A5727 Fine Gold Half Hunting Quarter Repeater
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.
SignedJ Noble   Hong Kong 3246
ConditionHallmarked London 1882
CaseExcellent.
DialExcellent. Diameter 53 mm
MovementExcellent.
A fine watch made for a Hong Kong retailer, based on a high quality Swiss repeating ebauche and fitted with the best English lever escapement and balance.  The heavy (about 100gm of gold) case finishes this desirable watch.
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