4,800 CHF
Gold Quarter-Repeater Adam Repond a Paris, No. 1284. Made circa 1800. Very fine, large, 18K rose gold, quarter-repeating pocket watch. Three-body, Empire, polished, repousse rope-twist band, the hinged back with repousse radial pattern. Matte gilt cuvette hinged to the movement ring. White enamel, secured by a screw, with Arabic numerals, outer minute track, winding aperture at 2. Blued steel Directoire hands. 49 mm., matte gilt, full plate, cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, three-arm brass balance, flat balance spring, pierced and engraved continental balance cock, silver regulation dial, repeating on gongs activated by depressing the pendant. Cuvette signed. Diam. 57 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2010-03-20
