| A rare late 18th Century
Swiss calender watch with decorative visible balance and jumping quarter
seconds in a silver open face case. Unusual reversed gilt movement with
fusee and chain, the back plate signed and decoratively engraved with the blue
and polished steel setup ratchet wheel. Polished steel cylinder, large
steel escape wheel. White enamel dial, the decorative paste set four arm
balance at its centre under a gold bridge with diamond endstone. Around
the balance are six chapters, the largest for the hours, the minutes and days
of the month either side. Below the balance a small chapter for jumping
quarter seconds, continuous seconds to its right and regulator to the right.
Fine gold hands. Large plain purpose silver open face case
hallmarked London 1817, rope bow and pendant. |
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