Lot 47
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
Auction: 21 November 2024 from 14:00 GMT
Pierced and engraved Continental balance cock, steel plain three-arm balance, fusée going barrel, verge escapement, plain turned pillars, repeat activated via pendant to a bell, white enamel dial with Roman numerals, outer five minutes, silver Louis XV style gem-set hands, hinged multi-coloured gold case with stone-set bezel, discreetly pierced to the outer, applied decorative gem-setting to reverse with central enamel cherubs under glass. Strike/Silver lever to the bezel. Movement signed, case stamped T.F.
Diameter 40mm.
The strike/silent lever changes the pitch of the repeater from a classic bell via hammer to a muted ‘a toc’ dumb repeater.