Description
A fine late 18th Century Swiss quarter repeating verge in a gold and enamel stone set case. Full plate gilt fusee movement. Finely pierced and engraved bridge cock with steel coqueret, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Silver regulator dial with gilt indicator. Push pendant quarter repeating on a bell in the back of the case. Winding through the signed white enamel dial, Arabic numerals, fine pierced stone set hands. Drum shaped gold case, the bezels set with a row of white stones, the side discretely pierced to allow the bell to sound clearly. The back decorated in fully restored polychrome enamel depicting a young lady collecting roses in a formal garden.