Music mechanical pocket watch, with a quarter repeater and a key
Music mechanical pocket watch, with a quarter repeater and a key
Switzerland
Circa 1850
Gold, enamel, glass, metal alloys; engraving, guilloche
5.8 cm in diameter
1.2 cm thick
On the case lids and movement: "6080"
The movement with a balance wheel, spring-powered cylinder escapement, a quarter repeater on two gongs, with a separate barrel drum for the music movement with a disc and a comb with steel teeth (reeds); the watch is winded with the key chained to the ring, it is also used to set the hands. A sliding lever or switching on a tune is on the case, opposite the numeral "VI".
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