Swiss

Property from the Masterworks of Time Collection

Swiss

A gold open-faced quarter repeating watch 

Circa 1820

• Movement: unsigned gilded full plate, verge escapement, plain three-arm balance, decoratively pierced and engraved balance bridge, fusee and chain, polished hammers repeating on coiled gongs 

• Dial: gold engine-turned centre, satin finished chapter ring with Roman numerals, outer minute ring, blued steel moon hands

• Case: gold, engine-turned back, polished cartouche with later initials and date VD 1866, milled bezels and band, plunge pendant for repeat with locking slide, gilt-metal cuvette with aperture for winding, case back numbered 14578 and with Neuchâtel control mark and indistinct incuse case maker's mark, possibly PHPJ

diameter 56.5mm