Pocket Watches

Set comprising quarter repeating keyless lever musical watch , two musical seals, one musical key, a gold chain and original fitted box

    Set comprising quarter repeating keyless lever musical watch , two musical seals, one musical key, a gold chain and original fitted box

    France, Paris

    Circa 1820

    Morateur

    Gold, enamel, glass, metal alloys, turquoise; mmbossing, guilloche, champlevé, engraving

    Watch: 6.2 cm in diamter
    1.0 cm thick
    Fobs: 4.5 cm high, 3.3 cm long, 2.7 cm thick.
    Key: 5.5 cm long, 3.2 cm high, 0.6 cm thick.
    Chain: 182 cm long

    Inscription on the watch face: "MORATEUR"

    A set of two pocket watches, two fobs, one key and a chain in the branded oval-shaped wood leather box covered with red leather with the letter “M” embossed on the lid center.

    Mechanical pocket watch in guilloche-adorned round gold case, with three lids, repeater lever - sliding pin with ring. The upper lid and the case lid are decorated with guilloche rimmed with symbolic floral pattern. The movement lid is engraved, "Fx, Foucaud A PARIS REPETITION, ECHAPT. A CYLINDRE, 4 TROUS EN PIERRE".

    White enamel dial; numerals and hours' scale graduations are black and the Breguet hands are gold. Two scales are on the dial: minutes' - divided into 60 intervals, and hours' - divided into 12 units by the Roman numerals.

    The movement with a balance wheel, spring-powered cylinder escapement, a quarter repeater on two gongs, a separate barrel drum for the music movement and comb with steel teeth (reeds). The music is played every hour or is chosen with the help of the sliding lever located on the case, opposite numeral VIII. The watch is winded with a key, which is also used to set the hands. The watch comes with the chain.

    The fobs are pair, gold, with 2-piece handle in the shape of flared ring, decorated with enamel floral wreath. A pin with four pink glass pieces crowned with ring which winds the music movement consisting of a barrel and comb with steel reeds is inside. The bottom is smooth. Oval golden key, with floral decoration, complemented by turquoise inserts. Musical movement is inside the key; it is winded by the hidden rod, with a ring at the end.

    Инв.3367.1-6/ДПИ