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HENRY CAPT. AN 18 CARAT GOLD QUARTER REPEATING AUTOMATON KEYLESS LEVER HUNTER CASED WATCH
SIGNED HENRY CAPT, GENEVE, RETAILED BY L. GALLOPIN & CIE, CIRCA 1880
With nickel-finished lever movement, 31 jewels, bi-metallic compensation balance, repeating on two gongs, inscribed gold cuvette, the later added inner polychrome enamel dial with Arabic numerals and subsidiary seconds, flanked by later added polychrome enamel figures of father time striking a bell and two cherubs, one holding the striking bells, the other striking a second bell, together with a cornucopias of flowers, the plain circular case with slide repeat mechanism in the band, case and movement signed, dial and movement signed by retailer.
53 mm. diam.
SIGNED HENRY CAPT, GENEVE, RETAILED BY L. GALLOPIN & CIE, CIRCA 1880
With nickel-finished lever movement, 31 jewels, bi-metallic compensation balance, repeating on two gongs, inscribed gold cuvette, the later added inner polychrome enamel dial with Arabic numerals and subsidiary seconds, flanked by later added polychrome enamel figures of father time striking a bell and two cherubs, one holding the striking bells, the other striking a second bell, together with a cornucopias of flowers, the plain circular case with slide repeat mechanism in the band, case and movement signed, dial and movement signed by retailer.
53 mm. diam.