Breguet a fine and rare 20k pink gold half quarter. Among the most tuneful repeating recognized carillon repeater, which has a quarter of an hour kicking three or four bells of different pitch. Antique french fusee repeater pocket watch circa 1. This watch has two hammers and two chime rods, an unusual timepiece that is fascinating to watch in action. Antique pocket watches often come in gold, enamel, sterling silver, or silver and may come with a different variety of watch faces, hunter cases, jewels, dial types, keywinds, and related details. My bet is that it is a 5 minute repeater instead of a minute repeater but you will only know by making it repeat. Youve probably heard a pocket watch or watch chiming in a most unusual fashion its probably a repeater. Handwind with chronograph and quarter repeater case material. Chronograph pocket watch with quarter repeater ebay.
The hammer on the right strikes the quarter hours and the one on the left, the. The repeater, a fascinating addition to many timepieces, allows the watch to chime on certain hours or quarter hours when the owner hits a lever. This complication was used by breguet in his high grade repeating watches. Buy full hunter pocket watches with repeater and get the best deals at the lowest prices on ebay. Movement unmarked quarter repeater chronograph, crown wind, total weight. An historically important and rare enamel double case yellow gold quarter repeater pocket watch made for the ottoman market. He was the 8th child of sir arthur john walsh, the 2nd baron ormathwaite. Solid gold moonphase chronograph pocket watch with minute repeater. Secondhand silver chronograph pocket watch for sale on uks largest auction and classifieds sites. View a fine and rare 20k pink gold half quarter repeater openface pocket watch. There are many types of repeater, from the simple repeater which merely strikes the number of hours, to the minute repeater which chimes the time down to the minute, using separate tones for hours, quarter hours, and minutes.
Quarter repeater pocket watch swiss chronograph serviced. The movement was just serviced and functioning perfectly, with the chime being crisp and clear. Ive bought it as a special gift for my fatherinlaw. Andreas huber savonnette pocket watch with quarter. Solid gold moonphase chronograph pocket watch with minute. Vintage, antique pocket watches are a collector favorite. Here are two photos of a swiss quarterrepeater pocket watch, ca. Unfollow antique pocket watches repeater to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. The common tone is of a dong, dong, dong, folowed by a few dingdong, ding. A fine and rare 20k pink gold half quarter repeater openface pocket watch with jump hour hand.
Repeater pocket watch for sale in uk view 10 bargains. Waltham rare collectible five minute repeating chronograph. Thought you might be interested in an antique minute repeater with chronograph ive just purchased. It strikes the hours, followed by a bimbam for each quarter. Important watches,watches,view auction details, art exhibitions and. I have the same watch perfectly working for time, but missing components for two important functions. The movement is probably a le phare or piccard or some other generic repeater movement. The blackpolished steel hammers are located on either side of the large smallseconds subdial at 6 oclock. Identification hi pom, further to what squite has said, the term ebauche simply refers to the basic movement, usually made by a fairly large manufacturing operation, and sold to a different company who then finished, cased, named, customised it if you like, and marketed it. One stunning piece would be the chronoswiss quarter repeater with its mesmerizing quarterhour repeater complication. The white porcelain dial is free of cracks and chips. For a start, its not a minute repeater but rather a quarter repeater otherwise, when set at 8.
The original porcelain dial does have a crack as you can seebut remember the age of this watch. Crafted from a 40mm platinum, stainless steel, or 18k red gold, the chronoswiss quarter repeater features the signature onionshaped crown and the exquisitely simplistic dial with arabic numerals and polished or blued hands. Find repeater pocket watch and chronograph pocket watch from a vast selection of pocket watches. Buy pocket watches with repeater and get the best deals at the lowest prices on ebay. Typically, this function has been implemented in pocket watches. Pocket watch quarter repeater chronograph geneve suisse. Antique swiss gun metal chronograph quarter repeater pocket watch circa 1900. Breguet a fine and rare 20k pink gold half quarter repeater. Buy pocket watches with repeater and get the best deals. Available with a chronograph function, perpetual calendar, or minute repeater pocket watches for men and women pocket watches have been beloved for centuries, especially amongst collectors and.
When the repeating slide is pushed downward, the mechanism chimes out every hour that has elapsed since the last 12 with a single strike on the deeperpitched gong, every quarter since the. The white enamel dial has black arabic numerals with outer minute divisions and blued hands. A beautiful and timeless collectible, quarter repeater chronograph unsigned swiss pocket watch, a superb addition to any watch collection. This is generally how i determine the quality of the watch.
Up for auction is this antique quarter repeater the watch measures around 5. If the watch is jeweled to the hammers or if the watch is pre 1850 it might really be worth more in original condition even if the case is not so hot. Unlike most repeaters and other chiming watches, it has its chiming mechanism integrated into the dial design. Hours grande sonnerie spend more energy compared to conventional repeater, so the automatic battle do you want to disable. A rocail full hunter chronograph pocket watch with quarter. Silver quarter repeating chronograph pocket watch rocks. Rare in their complexity and novelty, antique pocket watches that feature a quarter repeater are highly sought after in the watch collectors. Gilt movement with polished steel work repeating on two coiled steel gongs, enamel dial with arabic numerals, french, louis xiv style gold hands, hinged full hunter case with inset push repeat and chronograph buttons, diameter 60 mm. Hunter case pocket watch, quarter repeater, full calendar, c. Invaluable is the worlds largest marketplace for art, antiques, and collectibles.
An initiative full hunter 18karat gold chronograph quarter repeater pocket watch. Henry capt rose gold quarter hour repeater hunting case. Full hunter pocket watches with repeater for sale ebay. Antique french fusee repeater pocket watch circa 6 x pocket watch quarter racks how anyone could break up a quarter repeating movement, i dont know. The quarter repeater the repeater i bought is an openfaced pocket watch in a brown gunmetal case, with a gold bow, push piece and hinges, 1. A rare and important longines minute repeater chronograph pocket watch. Repeater pocket watches come in three types quarter repeaters, 5 minute repeaters and minute repeaters.
Quarter repeater chronograph, pocket watch movement swiss to repair or parts. Generally, repeating watches strike the hours and quarters, although the best. Antique pocket watches with repeater for sale ebay. Silver hunting cased quarter repeating chronograph pocket watch. This pocket watch features a striking silverode tone sales man case in beautiful condition and dates from around 1910. Quarter repeater, chronograph, triple calendar, moon phase. A repeater is a complication in a mechanical watch or clock that chimes the hours and often minutes at the press of a button.
Featuring a smooth crown winding movement, a circular white enamel with arabic numerals and a subsidiary seconds dial. Volta repetition a quarts chronographe quarter repeater 18kt gold pocket watch. Made in 18ct yellow gold, it comes complete with longines archive papers. Bridge movement, 2 hammer on 2 steel gongs, steel cylinder escapement, 3 legs balance. Chronoswiss quarter repeater watches essential watches. Audemars freres minute repeater pocket watch omega forums. Buy online, view images and see past prices for hunter case pocket watch, quarter repeater, full calendar, chronograph, signed rocail, 1890. Excellent 14k gold full hunter quarter repeater pocket watch. In the beginning, repeater pocket watches which grew from their forebears, chiming clocks only chimed the most recent hour that passed. Antique pocket watches often come in gold, enamel, sterling silver, or silver and may come with a different variety of watch faces, hunter. Get the best deal for antique pocket watches from the largest.
The repeating mechanism in the portugieser minute repeater consists of around 250 individual parts working together as if in a mechanical orchestra. Pocket watch quarter repeater chronograph geneve suisse savonette hunter gold 18 k men 18501900. Watches with several complications are referred to as grandes complications. A few were also allegedly produced with calender and clock watch complications, but i have never seen one, so if you are the fortunate owner of such a piece, i would be very pleased to hear from you. This is an approximately 200 year old henri robert 18k. A rocail full hunter chronograph pocket watch with quarter repeater, the white enamel dial with arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds dial, timer sweep hand, chronograph and repeater buttons to side, 52mm diameter, case stamped 12k. The watch is in gold and looks of the highest quality. The gunmetal has some rust spots and needs to be polished and blued. It has roman numerals with single sunk small seconds and is held on the. I removed the hour and minute wheels to make the repeater parts underneath visible. The repeater pocket watch, or musical pocket watch, is a wonderful invention. Waltham is the only american company to ever make repeater pocket watches. The ones made were only in limited quantities, making them highly collectible today. Great savings free delivery collection on many items.
Unfollow repeater pocket watch to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Since most were made as repeaters only, the fact this piece also has a chronograph function, makes this one of the rarest american pocket watches ever made. They produced quarter repeaters, 5 minute repeaters, and minute repeaters and some of these were also equipped with chronograph complications. Offered in catawikis watch auction exclusive pocket watches. In horology, a complication refers to any feature in a mechanical timepiece beyond the display. Action on movement side of a quarter repeater pocket watch with chronograph complication. A repeater is a complication in a mechanical watch or clock that chimes the hours and often. The common tone is of a dong, dong, dong, folowed by a few dingdong, dingdongs, and then maybe a few dingdings to finish. A yellow metal open face quarter repeater pocket watch.
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