SWISS | A GOLD QUARTER REPEATING JACQUEMARTS WATCH, CIRCA 1800

Property from an Important Italian Collection

SWISS

A GOLD QUARTER REPEATING JACQUEMARTS WATCH

CIRCA 1800

Movement: gilded full plate, pierced and engraved balance bridge, repeating on blued steel coiled gongs

Dial: silvered chapter ring, Roman numerals, centre with gold neoclassical building with jacquemarts figure appearing in the upper gallery to strike the hours and two putti below striking the quarters

Case: 18ct gold, engine-turned case back, gilt cuvette bearing the signature Berthoud, no. 14884

diameter 56mm