Recordon. A very fine and rare 18K gold and enamel openface quarter repeating convertible pair case cylinder watch, made for the Turkish market

SIGNED RECORDON FROM LONDON, NO. 2188, CIRCA 1815

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Recordon. A very fine and rare 18K gold and enamel openface quarter repeating convertible pair case cylinder watch, made for the Turkish market
Signed Recordon from London, No. 2188, circa 1815
Gilt-finished ruby cylinder movement, plain three arm brass balance with parachute on the top pivot, repeating on two hammers onto a gong, gold cuvette, white enamel dial, Turkish numerals, blued steel Breguet-style hands, outer railway minute divisions, circular inner case with polychrome champlevé enamel floral decorated bezel and rim, reverse with a finely painted polychrome enamel bouquet of flowers on translucent scarlet enamel over engine-turned background, circular outer protective case with polychrome champlevé enamel floral decorated rim, reverse with polychrome enamel lake scene depicting a frigate in full sail passing by a walled town, quarter repeating pull-twist push-piece in the pendant, cuvette and dial signed, cases numbered and stamped with casemaker's initials JLJ
53 mm. diam.

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Lot Essay

Louis Recordon (active 1778 - 1824) was a Swiss born clock and watchmaker, working also as the London agent for Abraham-Louis Breguet. Recordon is renowned for his high quality watches, the movements often featuring the same characteristics as those of Breguet, such as the present watch, from whom he also imported ébauches.

The cases of this watch are stamped JLJ for Jean-Louis Joly and with Paris hallmarks. The renowned case maker located in Paris supplied his exceptional cases to the most famous watchmakers of the time, notably Breguet.

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