| A late 18th Century quarter repeating French verge in a gold and enamel consular case set with split pearls. Full plate gilt fusee movement. Finely pierced and engraved bridge cock with steel coqueret, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Silver regulator dial with blue
steel indicator. Push pendant quarter repeating on a bell in the case. Winding through the fully restored signed white enamel dial, Arabic numerals, blue steel hands. Gold consular case with gold push pendant and bow, steel slide to make the watch sound "a toc" if desired. Fully restored polychrome enamel back decorated with a scene of a couple in a formal garden, dark blue translucent enamel ground over engine turning. The
bezels set with split pearls and pierced to allow the bell to sound clearly.
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