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Index No. A7838 Decorative Gem Set Gold Quarter Repeater
A 19th Century ladies French quarter repeating verge in a very decorative gem set gold open face case.  Full plate gilt fusee movement, polished steel Geneve stopwork on the winding square.  Finely pierced and engraved bridge cock with polished steel endstone, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  Silver regulator dial with blue steel indicator.  Push pendant quarter repeating on two polished steel gongs.  Engine turned gold dial decoratively engraved between the Roman numerals, blue steel Breguet hands. Highly decorative 18 carat open face case. The back, bezel, middle, pendant and bow all set with multi coloured semi-precious stones on a matted ground and applied three colour gold decoration. Wound through the signed gold cuvette, small button in the band to open the back.  
SignedLhoest a Paris
Circa 1830
Diameter 40 mm
An impressive example of goldsmiths work in excellent condition.
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