Swiss

Property from the Masterworks of Time Collection

Swiss

A lady's gold and polychrome enamel hunting cased quarter repeating cylinder watch

Circa 1850, no. 31642

• Movement: unsigned gilded, cylinder escapement, plain flat three-arm balance, two polished steel hammers repeating on coiled gongs

• Dial: silver engine-turned, Roman numerals, outer minute ring, moon hands

• Case: gold, the front decorated with a stylised gothic altar piece heightened with champlevé and guilloché enamels, the back with polychrome enamel painted Swiss landscape scene with mountains framed by ecclesiastical gothic arches decorated en-suite with the case front, heavily chased and engraved band with shellwork, scrolls and flowers, case and cuvette numbered 31642

diameter 37.5mm