Ravené. A fine and rare 18K gold openface dead centre seconds watch with regulator dial and Pouzait-type slow beat lever escapement

SIGNED RAVENÉ, BERLIN, CASE STAMPED OB AND NUMBERED 9278, CIRCA 1810

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Ravené. A fine and rare 18K gold openface dead centre seconds watch with regulator dial and Pouzait-type slow beat lever escapement
Signed Ravené, Berlin, case stamped OB and numbered 9278, circa 1810
Gilt-finished movement, Pouzait-type lever escapement and oversized balance, gilt cuvette, white enamel dial, eccentric small hour dial with Arabic numerals, outer Arabic and baton 60 minutes indications and central seconds hand, circular engine-turned case, seconds hand start/stop lever in the milled band, cuvette and dial signed
59 mm. diam.

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Lot Essay

Samuel Frederic Ravené, watchmaker to the King, was active in Berlin at the late 18th/early 19th century. Several of his watches and clocks are listed in Meister der Uhrmacherkunst by Jürgen Abeler, 2nd edition, p. 450.

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