| A rare late 19th Century Swiss quarter repeater with double sided calendar in a silver gilt case. Gilt 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 polished steel gongs. White enamel dial with subsidiary seconds and Roman numerals, gilt hands. The phase of the moon is indicated through an aperture in the centre of the cracked dial on a blue steel and gold disc. The other calendar indications are on the back of the watch under a sprung hunter cover. The days of the week and date shown by a single blue steel hand with the month in a rectangular aperture together with the number of the
days in the month. The outer silvered ring indicating the day can be rotated by a thumb wheel to align the correct day with the date. The date changed automatically by a pawl on the movement. Engine turned silver gilt case, the back opened by depressing the crown. Gilt slide in the band and unusual applied decoration to the back cover.
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