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Rare 18ct gold hunter, quarter repeater pocket watch, with…
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Rare 18ct gold hunter, quarter repeater pocket watch, with movement by Nicole & Capt for Hunt & Roskell, 47 mm case with decorative engraved borders, monogrammed to front cover EA, hallmarked London 1856 to covers and inner dust cover, makers mark AN. Dust cover with presentation inscription dated 1938. Quarter repeater with Adolphe Nicole's keyless winding and overbanking limiter on balance spring. Both features patented by Nicole. Duplex escapement. Plate back signed 'Hunt & Roskell, 156 New Bond St, London. Patent. No.11303' White enamel dial, Roman numerals, rail track minutes, eccentrically placed sunken subsidiary seconds dial between X and XI. Signed 'Hunt & Roskell, London'. Blued steel hands. Repeater actuator slide on band at IIII. Hand setting pusher without olivettes between I and II. Hairline at VI. 103gm Swiss born watchmakers Charles Victor Adolphe Nicole and Jules Philippe Capt, from 1839 traded as Nicole & Capt from 80B Dean Street, Soho, London. They made movements for E. J. Dent, Charles Frodsham, Robert Roskell and others. With associated red Morocco box.
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Horology (Clocks & watches): Watches - Pocket & Fob