Description

An early 19^th Century French quarter repeating verge in a gold open face case.  Full plate gilt fusee movement.  Finely pierced and engraved bridge cock, polished steel setting to the garnet endstone. Plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  Silver regulator dial with gilt indicator.  Push pendant quarter repeating on two steel gongs, pierced and engraved bridge to the repeating barrel with polished steel cover.  White enamel dial signed in the minute ring below six o'clock, Arabic numerals, blue steel Breguet hands. Engine turned 18 carat open face case,  the back with a vacant oval cartouche close to the edge, ribbed middle.   Gold push pendant for the repeat with locking slide in the band.  Winding through the signed and numbered gilt cuvette.