Lot 537

A collection of 9 technically interesting pocket watches in need of restoration
Swiss, 53 mm, 130 g, circa 1810
A quarter repeating verge pocket watch with two jacquemarts "à trois couleur"
Case: 18k gold. Dial: enamel, screwed on figures made of three-colour gold. Movm.: full plate movement, keywind, 2 hammers / 2 gongs, three-arm brass balance.
The two Jacquemarts, a man and a woman in three-colour gold period garments on translucent cobalt blue enamel ground, strike their hammers on a large bell in the top half of the dial. The small white enamel hour dial with Arabic numerals sits between the two figures.
Provenance: Landrock Collection

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