Sold for:
$2,760
$2,760
“Quarter-Repeat” Vacheron & Constantin, Genève, No. 19044. Made circa 1820. Very fine and rare, quarter-repeating, 18K pale pink gold pocket watch. Four-body, "demi-bassine", solid, engine-turned case back and band, hinged gold cuvette. White enamel with Arabic numerals, outer minute track. Pale pink gold "lozenge” hands. 17’’’, full plate, gilt brass, fusée and chain, verge escapement, 3-arm brass balance, flat balance spring, pierced and chased cock, repeating on gongs by depressing the pendant. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 49 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2005-12-07
