Very rare quarter repeater pocket watch with Jaquemart automata

Geneva, circa 1815.

Silver case.

Quarter repeater on bell springs with 2 gongs, animated by a scene of two Jaquemart automata in finely chased gold.

Hour and minute indication on a white porcelain dial at the center of the scene, with Arabic numerals and hour and minute indexes painted in black.

Gilded brass movement, manually wound by key. Silvered metal disc with advance/retard adjustment.

Signed “Girardier L’ainé” and numbered “N°31”.

Complication: Quarter repeater on demand.

Diameter: ø 54.8 mm – Thickness: 22.5 mm.

Pocket watch in silver

Geneva, circa 1800.

Silver case.

White porcelain dial.

Hour and minute indications with Arabic numerals and hour and minute indexes painted in black.

Gilded brass movement, manually wound by key, engraved and numbered “Girardier L’ainé N° 5802”.
Silvered metal disc with advance/retard adjustment.

Dial signed “Girardier L’ainé”.

Diameter: ø 51.10 mm – Thickness: 22.1 mm.

Pocket watch in silver

Geneva, circa 1800.

Silver case engraved “JC”, hallmarked “DI I 546”.

Polychrome porcelain dial with miniature painting depicting a dancer in a garden. Signed “Girardier L’ainé”.

At 6 o’clock: Hour and minute indications with Arabic numerals and black painted indexes.

Complication: Date at 12 o’clock, Arabic numerals painted in black.

Gilded brass movement, manual winding by key, engraved “Girardier L’ainé”. Silvered metal disc with advance/retard adjustment.

Diameter: ø 57.1 mm – Thickness: 20.09 mm.

This watch served as inspiration for our new model, the CG SYNC-1863 GMT.

Pocket watch in silver

Geneva, circa 1800.

Silver case, hallmarked “DCO 16034” and annotated: “x 204” – “x 1313” – “x 1646”.

Polychrome porcelain dial with miniature painting depicting a hunting scene, possibly by Lake Geneva.

Hour and minute indications at 12 o’clock with Breguet numerals and black painted indexes.

Gilded brass movement, manual winding by key, engraved and numbered, “Girardier L’ainé N°1444”.
Silvered metal disc with advance/retard adjustment.

Complication: Aperture at 6 o’clock, gilded brass disc with 4 (presumed) deer painted in black rotating approximately every 38 to 40 seconds.

Diameter: ø 53 mm – Thickness: 22.1 mm.

Pocket watch in silver

Geneva, circa 1800,

Silver case, hallmarked “I 252 I”.

Dial with miniature painting on champlevé enamel and hand engraving.

Hour and minute indications on a chiseled gold dial, with Arabic numerals and hour and minute indexes painted in black in apertures.

Gilded brass movement, manually wound by key, engraved “Girardier L’ainé” and “M”. Silvered metal disc with advance/retard adjustment.

Diameter: ø 51 mm – Thickness: 20 mm.

Pocket watch in silver-plated brass

Geneva, circa 1815.

Silver-plated brass case.

Dial painted in miniature enamel. Muse in a poetic garden with her dog.

Hour and minute indications with black-painted Arabic numerals and hour and minute indexes.

Gilded brass movement, manually wound by key, engraved «Giradier L’ainé» and numbered «N 10002».
Silvered metal disc with advance/retard function.

Diameter: ø 58.9 mm, Thickness: 25.3 mm

Pocket watch in silver

Geneva, circa 1800,

Embossed silver case adorned with a sun motif.

Porcelain dial with miniature enamel depicting a muse reading a poem to an esteemed firefighter (firefighter helmet with plume), signed “Girardier L’ainé”.

Hour and minute indications with Arabic numerals and hour and minute indexes painted in black.

Gilded brass movement, manually wound by key, engraved “Girardier L’ainé” and numbered “N 21702”.
Silvered metal disc with advance/retard function.

Diameter: ø 52.05 mm, Thickness: 20 mm.

Pocket watch in silver

Geneva, circa 1815.

Silver case, hallmarked “33455”.

Polychrome porcelain dial with miniature painting depicting a fisherman in front of a bridge over a river.

Hour and minute indications with black-painted Arabic numerals and hour and minute indexes.

Gilded brass movement, manually wound by key, engraved «Girardier L’ainé». Silvered metal disc with advance/retard adjustment.

Complication: aperture at 6 o’clock, brass disc, several “deer and/or does” painted in black rotating approximately every 40 seconds.

Diameter: ø 52.9 mm, Thickness: 22.5 mm.

Pocket watch in silver

Geneva, circa 1800,

Silver case, hallmarked “9974”.

Dial with hand-engraved miniature painting on porcelain depicting musical instruments and a musical score, signed “GIRARDIER LAINE”.

Hour and minute indications on a sculpted silver dial, with black-painted Arabic numerals in windows.

Back cover in engraved brass, marked “Girardier L’ainé”.

Movement in gilded brass, manually wound by key, engraved “Girardier L’ainé”. Silvered metal disc with advance/retard adjustment.

Diameter: ø 51 mm – Thickness: 20 mm.

Pocket watch in silver

Geneva, circa 1815.

Silver case, hallmarked “C32965”.

Polychrome porcelain dial depicting a farm with a mill, presumably by Lake Geneva, signed “GIRARDIER L’AINÉ”.

Hour and minute indications with black-painted Arabic numerals and hour and minute indexes.

Gilded brass movement, manually wound by key, engraved “Girardier L’ainé”. Silver-plated metal disc with fast/slow adjustment.

Complication: Aperture at 6 o’clock, painted brass disc with several “farmyard animals» rotating approximately every 45 seconds.
Mill wings in brass, rotating approximately every 45 seconds.

Diameter: ø 52.5 mm, Thickness: 20.1 mm.