DESCRIPTION:
EPW - Revel, Rue de Richelieu, a Paris, verge fusee quarter-hour repeater on bell with alarm, 57mm, 18K gold OF original consular case with engine turned detail and rounded coin edge band, fixed gold cuvette with perimeter pierced for sound transmission, white enamel dial with winding apertures at 2 and 9, alarm scale in black, KWKS, verge escapement, diamond endstone, gilt mvt with pierced and foliate scrolled two-footed balance bridge, spring loaded gilt dust-cap, s#3325 to dust-cap. Gross weight of assembled watch 99.2 dwt (154.3 g).
CONDITION:
Mvt: Running, good repeat function and tone, good alarm function and tone, excellent cosmetic mvt condition overall, few micro-fine scratches, some haze or clouding to portions of gilt surface which may reduce with cleaning; dial with patched chip at 1, edge flake at 9:30, small patched edge chip at 12, cluster of faint hls between 4 and 5, numerous circular fine scratches around center caused by rub of alarm hand; excellent hour and minute hands, fine alarm hand with finish loss; case shows hardly any wear, scattered mild dings to rear, crisp engine turning detail; bow pivots freely; good domed glass bull's-eye crystal.
ESTIMATE:
$2400
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$4200