Swiss. A rare and unusual 18K gold openface quarter repeating verge watch with varicoloured gold jaquemarts automaton and enamel portrait of Emperor Napoleon I
UNSIGNED, CIRCA 1815
Swiss. A rare and unusual 18K gold openface quarter repeating verge watch with varicoloured gold jaquemarts automaton and enamel portrait of Emperor Napoleon I Unsigned, circa 1815 MOVEMENT: manual, verge escapement, quarter repeating with two hammers on two gongs, hinged gilt-metal cuvette DIAL: small annular white enamel, Arabic numerals, varicoloured gold scene with two classical jaquemarts figures appearing to strike bells in unison with the repeating, dog chasing a duck between CASE: 18K gold, the back set with a finely painted on enamel portrait of Napoleon, ribbed band, repeating through the pendant, 55 mm. diam. SIGNED: unsigned, case numbered 10028
Swiss. A rare and unusual 18K gold openface quarter repeating verge watch with varicoloured gold jaquemarts automaton and enamel portrait of Emperor Napoleon I
UNSIGNED, CIRCA 1815
Swiss. A rare and unusual 18K gold openface quarter repeating verge watch with varicoloured gold jaquemarts automaton and enamel portrait of Emperor Napoleon I Unsigned, circa 1815 MOVEMENT: manual, verge escapement, quarter repeating with two hammers on two gongs, hinged gilt-metal cuvette DIAL: small annular white enamel, Arabic numerals, varicoloured gold scene with two classical jaquemarts figures appearing to strike bells in unison with the repeating, dog chasing a duck between CASE: 18K gold, the back set with a finely painted on enamel portrait of Napoleon, ribbed band, repeating through the pendant, 55 mm. diam. SIGNED: unsigned, case numbered 10028
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