UNSIGNED

UNSIGNED, SWITZERLAND, QUARTER-REPEATING, MUSICAL POCKET WATCH WITH MUSIC PLAYING ON THE HOUR OR AT WILL, 18K PINK GOLD A very fine and rare, large, 18k pink gold, manual wind open-face, key-winding musical pocket watch with quarter-repeating on two steel gongs, the polished steel repeating work mounted on the backplate. Musical movement “sur plateau”, playing music on the hour or at will. Gold engine-turned guilloché dial with Roman numerals. Blued steel hands. Brand: Unsigned, Switzerland Year: Circa 1820 Case: 12795 Caliber: 49 mm., matte gilt, half-plate, spring barrel for the going train, cylinder escapement, three-arm balance, flat balance spring, polished steel endpiece, index regulator, repeating on blued steel gongs activated by depressing the pendant, polished steel repeating work on the backplate, large barrel for the musical train with finely foliate engraved upper surface, polished steel stopwork, sur-plateau brass musical disc pinned on both sides, 23 individual tuned steel teeth playing on both sides of the disc. Diameter: 54 mm. Weight: 115 gr. Accesories: Accompanied by a fitted box, gold chain and two gold watch keys. Grading System: AA (Very good) Case: 3-8 (Good , Slightly scratched) Dial: 3-8-01 (Good , Slightly scratched , HANDS Original) Movement: 3-6-8* (Good , Slightly oxidized , Slightly scratched , Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense) HKD: 26,500 - 53,000 USD: 3,400 - 6,800 EUR: 3,000 - 6,000 JPY: 540,000 - 1,070,000 To be sold without reserve

Estimate:£2,544.32

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