| A fine and rare early 19th Century Swiss quarter repeating cylinder in a gold and enamel pearl set case made for the Chinese market. Unusual skeletonised blue steel three quarter plate keywind movement. Suspended polished steel going barrel with polished steel stopwork. Polished steel
cock with blue steel regulator, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Polished steel cylinder, steel escape wheel. Push pendant polished steel quarter repeating above the blue steel plate striking on two polished steel square section gongs. White enamel dial with centre seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Fine gold and enamel open face case, the bezels set with a single row of split pearls and small red enamel dots.
The middle decorated in a checkerboard pattern of dark blue enamel rectangles and sections of four small split pearls. The back centred with polychrome enamel floral decoration on a light green ground bordered by a band of blue champleve enamel decorated with red and green translucent enamel. Gold and enamel cuvette with a similar border, the centre with light green champleve enamel and engraved gold decoration, apertures for wind and set
hands. Gold and champleve enamel push pendant, gold bow set with split pearls. Small rectangular button in the band to open the back cover.
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