A very fine enameled varicolored gold and gem set verge watch quarter repeating on a bell or à toc
Bearing signature Breguet A PARIS, No. 51, circa 1790
Gilt full plate fusee movement, scroll pierced bridge with coqueret, three arm plain balance, repeating the quarters by depressing pendant with two hammers on bell, switch in bezel to select à toc on sliding blocks, signed white enamel dial with arabic chapters, pierced white gold hands set with brilliants, within a case with varicolored band and bezel set with paste, the back enhanced with champlevé enamel wreath and set with split pearls and paste enclosing a scene of a classical garden set with further pastes. 45.5mm
Gilt full plate fusee movement, scroll pierced bridge with coqueret, three arm plain balance, repeating the quarters by depressing pendant with two hammers on bell, switch in bezel to select à toc on sliding blocks, signed white enamel dial with arabic chapters, pierced white gold hands set with brilliants, within a case with varicolored band and bezel set with paste, the back enhanced with champlevé enamel wreath and set with split pearls and paste enclosing a scene of a classical garden set with further pastes. 45.5mm
Estimate:
US$ 7,000 - 9,000
£4,500 - 5,700
€5,200 - 6,700
£4,500 - 5,700
€5,200 - 6,700
Category: Clocks and Watches / Watches
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