
A gold quarter repeating jump hour cylinder watch Circa 1830
Lot Closed
September 16, 03:04 PM GMT
Estimate
800 - 1,200 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Ceston, à Cordes
A gold quarter repeating jump hour cylinder watch
Circa 1830
• Movement: gilded, cylinder escapement, plain three-arm balance, hanging barrel, two polished steel hammers repeating on coiled gongs
• Dial: silver engine-turned, satin finished chapter ring with Arabic numerals for minutes, aperture for hours, subsidiary seconds
• Case: gold, engine-turned back, band and bezel, pendant locking slide to band, gold cuvette signed Ceston, à Cordes with apertures for winding and hand setting and engraved with movement details, case back numbered 4571, 6340 and stamped A&F, cuvette and back additionally stamped 11
with 2 keys
diameter 53mm