Frères Veigneur. An extremely fine and rare 18K gold, enamel and pearl-set openface quarter repeating jaquemarts watch, made for the Chinese Market
SIGNED FRÈRES VEIGNEUR À GENÈVE, NO. 13134, CIRCA 1790
Frères Veigneur. An extremely fine and rare 18K gold, enamel and pearl-set openface quarter repeating jaquemarts watch, made for the Chinese Market Signed Frères Veigneur à Genève, No. 13134, circa 1790 Full plate gilt-finished verge movement, chain fusée, engraved and pierced balance cock, repeating on two hammers onto a bell, eccentric small white enamel dial, Arabic numerals, surrounded by an applied vari-coloured gold scene depicting a couple apparently striking on two bells suspended from a fountain while lifelike water is running, all in unison with the repeating, turquoise and dark blue enamel background, circular case, chased and pearl-set bezel, reverse decorated with a painted polychrome enamel and pearl-set allegorical scene, chased foliage decorated gilt metal outer protective case with glazed back, movement signed and numbered 56 mm. diam.
Frères Veigneur. An extremely fine and rare 18K gold, enamel and pearl-set openface quarter repeating jaquemarts watch, made for the Chinese Market
SIGNED FRÈRES VEIGNEUR À GENÈVE, NO. 13134, CIRCA 1790
Frères Veigneur. An extremely fine and rare 18K gold, enamel and pearl-set openface quarter repeating jaquemarts watch, made for the Chinese Market Signed Frères Veigneur à Genève, No. 13134, circa 1790 Full plate gilt-finished verge movement, chain fusée, engraved and pierced balance cock, repeating on two hammers onto a bell, eccentric small white enamel dial, Arabic numerals, surrounded by an applied vari-coloured gold scene depicting a couple apparently striking on two bells suspended from a fountain while lifelike water is running, all in unison with the repeating, turquoise and dark blue enamel background, circular case, chased and pearl-set bezel, reverse decorated with a painted polychrome enamel and pearl-set allegorical scene, chased foliage decorated gilt metal outer protective case with glazed back, movement signed and numbered 56 mm. diam.
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