UNSIGNED, CIRCA 1820

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Swiss. A fine and unusual 18K gold, enamel, diamond and pearl-set watch with visible balance, to be worn either suspended from a chain or fitted on a matching bangle bracelet
Unsigned, circa 1820
With gilt-finished jewelled cylinder movement, the small white enamel dial with Arabic numerals, diamond-set bezel, surrounded by a black enamel plate with champlevé enamel floral decoration and two champlevé enamel birds holding leafs, the diamond-set balance visible through an aperture to the top, the oval-shaped case with winding hole to the reverse, all set within an oval-shaped pearl-set outer case, to be worn either suspended from a chain or fitted onto the hinged gold bangle bracelet, unsigned
53 mm. long