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This watch was registered as number 59 in the Belin Collection
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ILBERY, LONDON No.6015. A GOLD, ENAMEL AND SEED-PEARL DUPLEX POCKETWATCH FOR THE CHINESE MARKET
The reverse with painted enamel scene of two children playing with a dove with a cherub on a cloud above flanked by gold and enamel cornocupiae with transluscent blue guilloche enamel background, the rim and bezel set with seed-pearls, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds, decorative gold hands, the signed and numbered chased and engraved gilt movement with duplex escapement, steel balance with diamond endstone under engine-turned cuvette
58mm.diam.
The reverse with painted enamel scene of two children playing with a dove with a cherub on a cloud above flanked by gold and enamel cornocupiae with transluscent blue guilloche enamel background, the rim and bezel set with seed-pearls, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds, decorative gold hands, the signed and numbered chased and engraved gilt movement with duplex escapement, steel balance with diamond endstone under engine-turned cuvette
58mm.diam.