HARRACHE LONDON QUARTER-REPEATING SMALL WATCH ENAMEL AND GOLD
Made circa 1780.
Very fine and rare, Louis XVI, small, gold, painted on enamel and rose-cut diamond-set, quarter
repeating watch with à toc feature
Double body, Louis XVI, with diamond set thumbpiece, the rose-diamond set bezel chased
with a repeated intertwined foliage pattern against a matted ground, the back centred with
a fine enamel panel, outer applied rose-diamond set fl owers and leaves on a matted ground,
the pierced border to match the bezel.
White enamel with radial Roman numerals and outer Arabic minute ring. Rose diamond
set elaborate hands.
32 mm., hinged gilt brass full plate with conical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement,
plain brass three arm-balance, flat balance spring, gilt brass continental cock with
polished steel end-piece, silvered regulation dial, repeating on a bell in the back of the case
activated by depressing the pendant.