BERTHOUD SKELETONIZED
QUARTER REPEATER YELLOW GOLD
Berthoud & Comp., No. 173624. Made circa 1815.
Very fine and very rare, quarter-repeating, 18K yellow
gold skeletonized pocket watch. Accompanied by a key.
Three-body, engine-turned case back, fluted band,
transparent spring-loaded cuvette.
Transparent, white enamel outer ring with Breguet
numerals, outer minute track, the polished steel repeating
mechanism visible on the skeletonized gilt brass
front plate. Blued steel Breguet hands.
42 mm., frosted gilt, full plate with cylindrical pillars,
fusée and chain, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm
balance with flat balance spring, pierced and engraved
continental balance clock , silver regulation dial. Repeating
on gongs activated by depressing the pendant.