Quarter-repeating Watch
Artist
Abraham-Louis Breguet
(French, active 1795 - 1820)
Date1800-1825
MediumGold, steel, enamel
Dimensions2-3/8 in.
ClassificationsT&E FOR TIMEKEEPING
Credit LineProctor Collection, Frederick T. Proctor Watch Collection
Terms
Object numberPC. 139
Descriptioncase: plain, reeded bandmvt: gilt with hanging main spring barrel, comma shaped cocks for train, gold wheels with four curved spokes, skeletonized balance cock with steel end cap, gold three-arm balance, repeating train held by s-shaped bridge, standing barrel secured by two screws, polished steel hammers each pivoted on separate cock, polished steel gongs, finely pierced steel repeating racks, short chain wind.
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