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18K GOLD QUARTER-REPEATING OPEN FACE WATCH WITH STRIKING AND CONCEALED AUTOMATON JACKS, CASE NO. 4493, CIRCA 1820

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18K GOLD QUARTER-REPEATING OPEN FACE WATCH WITH STRIKING AND CONCEALED AUTOMATON JACKS, CASE NO. 4493, CIRCA 1820
Gilt-finished full plate, fusee and chain, verge escapement, three-arm brass balance, flat balance-spring, continental cock, white enamel ring with Arabic numerals, minute division, blued steel moon-style hands, animated varicolored gold Cupids striking the hours and quarters, gold empire-style case, engine turned band, bezel and back, hinged gilt cuvette, repeating on gongs by depressing the pendant, locking bolt for the repeating at 2, case numbered
Diameter: 58 mm.

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US$18,500-30,000

This quarter repeating pocket watch features an unusual and rare form of striking the hours . Concealed during normal timekeeping, when depressing the pendant, the hour automaton jack appears to strike.