A9945

Gold Quarter Repeating Cylinder

£2,650.00

Signed  Breguet
Circa   1830
A 19th Century French quarter repeating cylinder in a gold open face case.
Diameter   51 mm         

Out of stock

Description

A 19th Century French quarter repeating cylinder in a gold open face case.  Keywind gilt bar movement with suspended going barrel.  Plain cock with polished steel parachute suspension, blue steel regulator with bi-metallic temperature compensation.  Plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  Push quarter repeating on two polished steel gongs. Engine turned silver dial, Roman numerals, gold Breguet hands.  Engine turned gold open face case with engine turned middle.  Gold repeating push in the pendant which is pulled out and twisted a quarter of a turn before use.  Wound through the signed and numbered gold cuvette.