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Giteau, Paris is recorded as being a pupil of Breguet in 1811
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GITEAU, PALAIS ROYAL, 140 PARIS NO. 2412. A GOOD EARLY 19TH CENTURY GOLD AND ENAMEL OPENFACE QUARTER REPEATING CYLINDER DRESSWATCH
The covers with a chased and engraved floral decoration set with black and white enamel, the eccentric engine-turned silvered dial with Roman numerals and gold moon hands, the frosted gilt movement with monometallic balance, ruby endstone, jewelled to the third, repeating on two gongs by operating a plunger in the pendant, under signed and numbered cuvette with matching gold and enamel tipsy key, gold and enamel chain and buckle
40mm.diam. (4)
The covers with a chased and engraved floral decoration set with black and white enamel, the eccentric engine-turned silvered dial with Roman numerals and gold moon hands, the frosted gilt movement with monometallic balance, ruby endstone, jewelled to the third, repeating on two gongs by operating a plunger in the pendant, under signed and numbered cuvette with matching gold and enamel tipsy key, gold and enamel chain and buckle
40mm.diam. (4)