Antique Silver Quarter Repeater Verge Fusee Pocket Watch. France, Circa 1750

Very antique solid-silver quarter repeating verge fusee pocket watch, signed Alelin a Amiens and made in France circa 1750. The watch is finely preserved, showing only slight signs of wear at the outside embossed motifs (logical considering its ancient age). The verge fuse movement works really fine and includes a quarter repeating function. The two-leaf casing is made of solid silver; the rear cap shows a handmade embossed decoration, with a central coat of arms with lions standing on rear legs holding up a garden urn filled with flowers, and an outer formal border with pierced foliate and C scrolling fretwork. The barrel of the case as well as the bezel are decorated with stylized foliage, with square or box type hinge. The dial is made of white porcelain and bears black Roman numerals and closed minute with gilt painted Arabic, markers placed every five minutes. It is decorated with black enamel and gilt painted ornaments and mounts Louis XV-style hands, with a winding aperture at the 15-minute marker and a pin at the 30-minute marker for opening the back of the case to expose the movement. The numerals and ornaments seem to show some strengthening and relining, but are overall in good to very good condition. The rear cap hides a double brass plate movement with fluted and tapered baluster pillars pinned at the rear plate. The movement has a verge, crown wheel escapement with contrate wheel present and with a chain-fusee-driven key wound and key set movement. The back plate has a French silver fenestrated foliate filigreed balance cock, secured with two screws through ears attached to the bridge, opposite each other. There is an adjacent silver regulator with Roman numerals. The plate is signed Alelin a Amiens. This movement has a quarter repeater function. Applied by pumping the long-stemmed pendant and striking on a bell. This wonderful antique solid-silver quarter repeating verge fusee pocket watch is a real collectors piece, for its fine design and excellent working order. Medidas: Ancho: 49 mm.