Repeating and Musical Watches

An 18^th Century quarter repeating Swiss verge in an unusual gold consular case.  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.  Wound through the white enamel dial, Roman and Arabic numerals, decorative pierced gold hands.  Unusual three colour gold consular case chased and engraved in a geometric pattern radiating from the centre of the back.  Discretely pierced to allow the bell to sound clearly, “a toc” button in the front bezel.

A fine late 18^th Century quarter repeating French virgule in a pearl set gold and enamel consular case with matching macaroni chatelaine.  Unusual small full plate gilt fusee movement, the top plate constructed in sections giving more height for the repeating train and barrel.  Finely pierced and engraved bridge cock with polished steel coqueret.  Plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring, blue steel index below, index on the plate.  Rare virgule escapement, large brass escape wheel.  Push pendant dumb quarter repeating on two blocks in the case.  Winding through the white enamel dial with radially set Arabic numerals, gold beetle and poker hands.  Fine gold consular case, the bezel and back both set with a single row of large split pearls. Gilt decoration of an urn on the back on translucent dark blue enamel over an engine turned ground.  Matching macaroni gold and enamel chatelaine made up of four different shaped cartouches.  All enamelled on both sides in various patterns, one bearing a small polychrome enamel scene.   Red velvet covered presentation box signed for an Italian retailer.