AUGUSTÍN. French pocket watch for men, lepine, repeating hours and quarters. 18k gold. Ca. 1800.
French pocket watch, lepine. Repetition of Hours and Rooms on demand. France, ca. 1800. 18k Gold Case. With legend SSS 252 and number 1469. Metallic dust jacket with Augustín brand, A PARÍS, and nº 254. Baillie reference, page. 10. White porcelain dial, with Arabic numerals for the hours and lines for the minutes. Louis XV type needles. Keyhole at two o'clock for rope and setting the time in centering needles. A silver-gilt chain key is attached for both functions. Pressing the ring, repeat function. Moving pivot between 1 and 2, repeat start / stop. Complex movement machinery, with repeating hours and quarters on demand. Mechanical movement machinery, Verge Fusee (Catalina), with spiral, steering wheel and regulation of the time. Size: 54,4 mm. in diameter and 74,6 mm. with ring. Weight: 129 gr. In state of march.
