Description

A mid 18^th Century French quarter repeating verge in a gold and enamel consular case.  Full plate gilt fusee movement.  Finely pierced and engraved bridge cock with steel coqueret, plain three arm steel 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 signed white enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, decorative pierced stone set hands.  Gold consular case, engraved and line pierced to allow the bell to sound clearly.  Front bezel with a border of stones in a white metal setting bordering the dial.  The back with applied gold floral decoration, red and green champleve enamel.  A small stone set circle is bordered by a band of dark translucent enamel over an engine turned ground.