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EPW - L. Mugnier & Cie, Genève, quarter-hour repeater with two-figure jacquemart automaton, 54mm, 18K gold original HC with superb tropical foliate engraving detail as well as a crouching tiger to front, parrot to rear, signed gold cuvette bearing attributes, teal guilloche enamel dial with gold and silver foil accents, outer portion consisting of colorful enamel jacquemart women each holding a stick to strike one of the two bells at the top with a winged cherub head, this outer scene is contrasted by a gilt engine turned background, SW-shift-locking-LS, lever escapement, 17J ("32 Rubis" marking of cuvette is false), nickel damascene, "Duel" and two men sword fighting engraved to repeater bridge, s#33542 to cuvette. Gross weight of assembled watch 73.5 dwt (114.3 g).
CONDITION: Mvt: Ticking on a full wind but stopping usually within a few hours after, overhaul needed for this issue, good repeater function and tone aside from minute hand being a small bit out of index, good jacquemart function, excellent cosmetic mvt condition overall, toning, few fine scratches, and scattered tiny dark specks to plates, pitting throughout steelwork, minor rust to larger winding wheel, missing one larger winding wheel hub screw; virtually flawless inner dial, outer portion with jacquemarts with enamel missing from both striking arms, chip missing to bottom-left edge piece, patching to bottom-right edge piece, chip to right woman's non-striking arm and small flaking below, dark toning to background; fair hands with oxide, fine scratches to hour base, seconds-hand tail is broken off; case front opens a bit wide of 90 degrees and has some side-to-side play at hinge, front does not sit flush when fully closed leaving a very thin gap to upper-right side, case shows little wear, scratches and small marring to cuvette perimeter from slipped and rough past openings, dent to upper-left front shoulder and few dings elsewhere to front shoulder, few dings to upper-left rear shoulder, good engraving detail; tight brassy gold-filled bow, crown shows medium wear and has sizable portions of its jacket (outer layer) missing; good glass crystal.
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