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Perrin Frères. A fine, rare and unusual 18K pink gold skeletonized quarter repeating keywound cylinder watch
Lot 280

Perrin Frères. A fine, rare and unusual 18K pink gold skeletonized quarter repeating keywound cylinder watch

SIGNED PERRIN FRÈRES, NO. 13, CASE NUMBERED 1619, CIRCA 1820

Closed9 November 2015

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Perrin Frères. A fine, rare and unusual 18K pink gold skeletonized quarter repeating keywound cylinder watch
Signed Perrin Frères, No. 13, case numbered 1619, circa 1820
Finely engraved movement with 22K gold plates and wheels, cylinder escapement, quarter repeating on two hammers onto two undulating gongs with snake head terminals, regulation lever underneath the dial, silver engine-turned cover engraved Échappement à Cylindre Perrin No. 13, skeletonized dial, Breguet numerals on outer white enamel chapter ring, serpentine hands, engine-turned circular case, engraved landscape scene to the back, quarter repeating through the pendant, cuvette and dial signed, case stamped with casemaker's initials IF
58 mm. diam.

Specialist note

A gold watch signed Perrin Frères featuring a comparable repeating movement with undulating gongs and snake head terminals is illustrated in Taschenuhren by Reinhard Meis, p. 170, pl. 336.

Perrin Frères, active in Neuchâtel in the early 19th century, were renowned makers of high quality watches, notably skeletonized repeaters.