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Repeating and Musical Watches

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Gold Quarter Repeating Cylinder

An early 19^th Century French quarter repeating cylinder with gold dial in a gold open face case. Keywind gilt Lepine calibre movement with suspended going barrel with polished steel stopwork. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, plain three arm gold balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Polished steel cylinder, steel escape wheel. Push pendant quarter repeating on two rectangular section polished steel gongs. Visible repeating blue steel mainspring. Fine gold dial, engine turned centre, raised Roman numerals on a matted ground, blue steel Breguet hands. Slim engine turned 18 carat red gold open face case with engine turned bezels and middle. Pull and twist repeat plunger in the pendant. Wound and set through the gilt metal cuvette, maker’s mark “M.B” in a diamond.

Circa 1810

£4,650.00 Add to cart
Gold Quarter Repeating Musical Watch

An early 19^th Century Swiss quarter repeating musical watch with gold dial in a gold open face case. Gilt movement with two resting barrels, the larger barrel, being half the diameter of the movement, providing the power for the musical train. Polished steel Geneva stopwork. Pierced sector shaped cock, polished steel coqueret, polished steel regulator. Plain gilt balance with spiral spring, polished steel cylinder, steel escape wheel. Polished steel work on back plate to control the disc type musical train and a steel Strike – Silent lever. Pendant quarter repeating on two steel gongs, the repeating work situated under the dial. Lateral slide in the band to actuate the musical mechanism. The music also playing automatically on the hour. Signed gold engine turned dial, Roman numerals, gilt Breguet hands. Fine engine turned gold open face case, ribbed middle. Gilt cuvette with apertures for winding.

Circa 1810

£7,500.00 Add to cart
Silver French Verge Alarm Watch

A 19^th Century French verge alarm in a silver open face case. Full plate gilt keywind fusee movement, plain cock with garnet endstone, polished steel regulator. Plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Alarm train with small resting barrel, single polished steel hammer striking a bell. Winding through the white enamel dial, Arabic numerals, blue steel hands, gilt alarm hand. Engine turned silver gilt open face case with ribbed middle, flat crown to allow the alarm to be set. Opening the back cover reveals the engraved and pierced inner dome to allow the bell to be heard clearly.

Circa 1820

£1,200.00 Add to cart
Gold Swiss Quarter Repeating Ruby Cylinder

An early 19^th Century Swiss quarter repeating ruby cylinder in a gold open face case. Keywind gilt Lepine calibre movement with suspended going barrel, polished steel stopwork. Plain cock, polished steel regulator with temperature compensation curb. Garnet endstone set in a polished steel coqueret. Plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Ruby cylinder, steel escape wheel. Push pendant quarter repeating on two rectangular section polished steel gongs. White enamel dial with sunk subsidiary seconds, Arabic numerals, blue steel hands. Engine turned 18 carat open face case with engine turned middle. Sprung back opened by pressing a button in the band. Wound and set through the signed gold cuvette.

Circa 1820

£3,900.00 Add to cart
Gold Quarter Repeating Cylinder With Offset Dial

An early 19^th Century quarter repeating cylinder with gold offset dial by LeRoy in a decorative gold open face case. Keywind gilt bar movement with suspended going barrel. Plain cock with blue steel regulator. Plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Polished steel cylinder, steel escape wheel. Push pendant quarter repeating on two rectangular section polished steel gongs. Signed gold engine turned dial with offset chapter of Roman numerals, gold Breguet hands. Gold 18 carat open face case, the back and bezel profusely decorated with champleve engraving. Engine turned middle, wound through the signed gold cuvette.

Circa 1820

£4,300.00 Add to cart
French Gold Quarter Repeating Lever

An early 19^th Century quarter repeating French lever in a gold engine turned open face case. Keywind gilt bar movement with suspended going barrel. Plain cock, garnet endstone in polished steel setting, polished steel regulator. Plain three arm gold balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Early ratchet tooth escapement with right angle lever. Push pendant quarter repeating on two square section polished steel gongs. Fine white enamel dial with Arabic numerals, blue steel Breguet hands. Substantial slim engine turned 18 carat open face case with engine turned middle. Wound and set through the signed gilt metal cuvette.

Circa 1820

£2,900.00 Add to cart
Rare Gold Quarter Repeating Duplex

A 19^th Century English quarter repeating duplex influenced by Breguet in a gold open face case. Keywind gilt bar movement with suspended going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, diamond endstone. Compensation balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Duplex escapement, brass escape wheel, pivots with endstones. Quarter repeating on two polished steel gongs operated by a pull and twist plunger in the band. Engine turned gold dial with subsidiary seconds, faded Roman numerals, blue steel hands. Engine turned 18 carat open face case, pull and twist repeat plunger in the band at three o’clock, with ribbed middle. Signed and numbered clip on gold cuvette locked by a screw (now lacking), maker’s mark “CAP” in an oval.

Hallmarked London 1829

£4,750.00 Add to cart
Gold Quarter Repeating Swiss Cylinder

A slim 19^th Century Swiss quarter repeating cylinder by LeComte in a gold open face case. Keywind gilt Lepine calibre movement with suspended going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Polished steel cylinder, steel escape wheel. Slide quarter repeating on two polished steel gongs. White enamel dial with Roman numerals, blue steel Breguet hands. Slim engine turned 18 carat open face case with ribbed middle, gold pendant and bow. Gold slide in the band, wound and set through the signed gold cuvette.

Circa 1830

£1,650.00 Add to cart
Gold Quarter Repeating French Cylinder Pocket Watch

An early 19^th Century French quarter repeating cylinder with silver engine turned dial in a gold open face case. Keywind gilt bar movement with suspended going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator. plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Polished steel cylinder, steel escape wheel. Push pendant quarter repeating on two polished steel gongs. white enamel dial with Roman numerals, gold Breguet hands. Engine turned gold open face case with engine turned middle and bezels. Gold repeating push in the pendant which is pulled out and twisted a quarter of a turn before use. Wound and set through the signed gold cuvette.

An attractive small watch in the style of Breguet in excellent overall condition

Circa 1830

£3,500.00 Add to cart
Decorative Gold Quarter Repeater with Offset Dial

A fine early 19^th Century Swiss quarter repeating cylinder with offset dial in a decorative three colour gold open face case. Keywind gilt bar movement with suspended going barrel, polished steel stopwork. Plain cock with garnet set polished steel coqueret, blue steel regulator. Plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Polished steel cylinder, steel escape wheel. Push pendant quarter repeating on two polished steel rectangular section gongs. Fine gold engine turned dial with offset chapter of Roman numerals, blue steel Breguet hands. Attractive three colour gold open face case, the bezels and back with applied gold foliate decoration. Either side of the gold push pendant are button to open the sprung back and bezel. Wound through the plain gold cuvette. Matching three colour gold split ring.

Circa 1830

£5,100.00 Add to cart
Quarter Repeating Gold Full Hunter

An early 19^th Century Swiss quarter repeating cylinder in a gold full hunter case. Keywind gilt Lepine calibre movement with suspended going barrel. Plain cock with blue steel regulator. plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Polished steel cylinder, steel escape wheel. Push pendant quarter repeating on two polished steel gongs. Engine turned gold dial, black enamel Roman numerals and minute markings, blue steel hands. Slim engine turned 18 carat rose gold full hunter case, engine turned middle. Gold push pendant and two small rectangular buttons to open the covers. Wound and set through the signed cuvette which also details features of the movement.

Circa 1830

£4,300.00 Add to cart
Decorative Double Cased Quarter Repeater

An early 19^th Century Swiss quarter repeating cylinder in an unusual double gold and enamel case. Slim keywind gilt bar movement with suspended going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator. uncut bimetallic balance with spiral hairspring. plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Polished steel cylinder, steel escape wheel. Push pendant quarter repeating on two polished steel gongs. white enamel dial with Roman numerals, gilt hands. The inner 18 carat open face case with engine turned and engraved back. Scolloped bezels, wound and set through the signed gold cuvette. The gold outer case shaped to match the inner case, hinged back and front bezel decorated with blue and white enamel.

Circa 1830

£4,200.00 Add to cart