| A rare late 19th Century Swiss double sided calendar quarter repeating lever in a gold full hunter case. Nickelled three quarter plate keyless movement with going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. Club foot lever escapement.
Slide quarter repeating on two steel gongs. Transfer work to drive the calendar visible on the plate. White enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, gilt hands. Under the back cover the silvered and gilt full calender with central moonphase indication. The days of the week and date shown by a single gold hand, the month in a rectangular aperture. Decoratively engraved double sided 18 carat full hunter case. The
position of the bow determining which of the two covers is opened by depressing the button in the pendant.
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