A10148
Small Gold and Enamel Quarter Repeater
£4,200.00
Signed J Js Bautte & Ce Geneve
Circa 1830
Circa 1830
A small 19th Century Swiss quarter repeating cylinder on a gold and enamel open face case.
Diameter 35 mm
Out of stock
Description
A small 19th Century Swiss quarter repeating cylinder on a gold and enamel 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 polished steel gongs. Engine turned silver dial, Roman numerals, gold Breguet hands. Small gold open face case with attractive polychrome floral decoration in cloisonne enamel in a black ground. The gold button is withdrawn from the pendant and twisted before being depressed to actuate the repeat. Wound and set through the signed gold cuvette.
