Stunning victorian Ancre gold pocket watch with Sonnerie quarter repeater

Antique jewelry object group: pocket watch

Condition: good condition
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Country of origin: Switzerland

Style: Victorian - Victorian decorative arts refers to the style of decorative arts during the Victorian era. The Victorian era is known for its eclectic revival and interpretation of historic styles and the introduction of cross-cultural influences from the middle east and Asia in furniture, fittings, and Interior decoration. Victorian design is widely viewed as having indulged in a regrettable excess of ornament. The Arts and Crafts movement, the aesthetic movement, Anglo-Japanese style, and Art Nouveau style have their beginnings in the late Victorian era.
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Style specifics: The Late or Aesthetic Victorian Period - Experts divide the reign of Queen Victoria, also called The Victorian era (1837-1901) into three periods of about twenty years each; The Romantic Victorian Period (1837 - 1860), The Grand Victorian Period (1860 - 1880), and the Late or Aesthetic Victorian Period (1880 - 1901).

We consider this to be of The Late or Aesthetic Victorian Period.

Jewelry of this period is changing back from heavy to more smaller, romantic pieces with often whimsical motifs. Jewelers using diamonds and bright gemstones in elaborated and fine feminine pieces.

Period: ca. 1880
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Material: 18K red gold
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Extra information:
- Sonnerie quarter repeater
- Chronometer
- Mechanical hand-wound
- Crown-winder

Condition:
- Overall: Very good
- Case: Good
- Cover: Good
- Back cover: Good
- Side/Contour:
- Bow: Very good
- Dial/Face: Very good
- Inner lid(s): Very good
- Glass: Very good
- Movement: Good
- Crown: Very good
- Watch hands:
- Band:
- Winding key: Very good

Hallmarks: "750" indicating 18K gold - Swiss mark, a woman's head for 18K gold used between 1880 - 1934 Marked '0.750'. Since this mark is only an indication and no guarantee, we've tested the watch on the touchstone and we indeed ascertain it as 18K.
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Dimensions: Width ± 5,80 cm (2,28 inch) x Height ± 8,10 cm (3,19 inch) x Thickness ± 1,70 cm (0,67 inch)

Weight: 122,30 gram (78,64 dwt)

Reference Nº: 17179-0379

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