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BERTHOUD. A FINE AND RARE 18K PINK GOLD SKELETONISED OPENFACE QUARTER REPEATING KEYWOUND VERGE WATCH WITH THREE JACQUEMARTS
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BERTHOUD. A FINE AND RARE 18K PINK GOLD SKELETONISED OPENFACE QUARTER REPEATING KEYWOUND VERGE WATCH WITH THREE JACQUEMARTS

SIGNED BERTHOUD, NO. 13331, CIRCA 1820

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BERTHOUD. A FINE AND RARE 18K PINK GOLD SKELETONISED OPENFACE QUARTER REPEATING KEYWOUND VERGE WATCH WITH THREE JACQUEMARTS
SIGNED BERTHOUD, NO. 13331, CIRCA 1820
Full plate gilt-finished movement, engraved and pierced balance cock, three-arm brass balance, gilt cuvette, skeletonized dial centred by a small enamel chapter ring with Arabic numerals, blued steel moon-style hands, the skeletonized surround surmounted by a vari-coloured gilt scene depicting two standing figures striking the bells and one small scene depicting a smith forging a bar on an anvil, all apparently in unison with the repeating, circular engine-turned case, back centred by a small circular blank cartouche, repeating through the pendant, pendant locking lever in the band, cuvette signed, case stamped QPG
56 mm. diam.
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Jacquemarts have a long tradition and figure already in the first edition of the French National Academy's dictionary, which appeared in 1694, with the following definition:

"JACQUEMART. Figure de fer ou de fonte, représentant un homme armé, laquelle on met d'ordinaire sur le haut d'une tour pour frapper les heures avec un marteau sur la cloche de l'horloge."

"Figure made of solid or cast iron representing a man in arms, which is usually put up on top of a (clock) tower to strike the hours with a hammer onto the bell of the clock".

Watches decorated with the miniature versions of these clock tower "men in arms" were very popular in the 19th century, although it is rare to find an example featuring three jaquemarts such as the present lot.