Cabrit Geneve. A tri-colour gold and diamond-set quarter…
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Cabrit Geneve. A tri-colour gold and diamond-set quarter repeating watch mvt 97 Swiss circa 1770, gilt full plate movement, signed and numbered Cabrit, Geneve no. 97, pierced and engraved balance cock, verge fusee escapement, cylindrical pillars, diamond enhanced white enamel dial, Roman numerals, outer Arabic minute track, beetle and poker hands, diamond-set bezel and push piece, repousse diamond-set case chased and engraved with a cherub playing with a dog within a decorative classical setting, movement signed and numbered, diameter 39 mm. Accompanied by a key.

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  • Embossed / Repousse - Embossing, also known as repousse, is the technique of decorating metal with raised designs, by pressing or beating out the design from the reverse side of the object.It is the opposite of chasing, where the decoration is applied from the front. An embossed or repoussed object may have chasing applied to finish off the design.
  • Circa - A Latin term meaning 'about', often used in the antique trade to give an approximate date for the piece, usually considered to be five years on either side of the circa year. Thus, circa 1900 means the piece was made about 1900, probably between 1895 and 1905. The expression is sometimes abbreviated to c.1900.
  • Bezel - On a clock or watch, the bezel is the metal frame into which the watch or clock glass is fitted. In clocks, the bezel may include a hinge and a flange, in effect a door to the face of the clock. In jewellery the bezel is a band of metal with a projecting lip that holds the gemstone in its setting.
  • Movement - The technical name for the workings of a clock or watch, and does not include the dial or case.
  • Fusee - The fusee movement was used in clocks and pocket watches from the mid 17th century. The fusee is a cone shaped drum within the works that is linked to the barrel of the spring, usually by a length of chain.

    As the mainspring loses its tension over time, the cone shaped barrel compensates for this by increasing the tension, by pulling the mainspring tighter, thus ensuring the time remains constant.

    Use of the fusee in clocks was superseded by the "going barrel" in the mid 19th century and for pocket watches at the beginning of the 19th century.

    The fusee continued to be used in marine chronometers until the 1970s.

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