18 karat yellow gold quarter-hour repeater pocket watch

$8,500.00

Size 17.  The watch contains a stem-set 17-jewel movement with a lower second hand complication.  The movement is associated with a white dial and is set in a matched hunting case #281512, stamped "18k".  The dust cover is engraved "Repetition a Quarts".  The inside back cover is engraved "Herrn Karl Specht In Anerkennung fur 25 jahr treue Diensle gewidmet Farbenfabriken vorm Friedr. Bayer & Co.  Leverkusen, 1 Octobr. 1917", with the outside engraved with the initials "KS".  The front cover shows a finely engraved winged lion, globe, and Mercury staff design.