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UNSIGNED, CIRCA 1820
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Swiss. An unusual 18K gold openface oval quarter repeating cylinder watch with visible balance
Unsigned, circa 1820
The gilt-finished cylinder movement with unusually shaped, pierced polished steel bridge and balance cock, quarter repeating on two hammers, gold cuvette, the small eccentric skeletonized dial with Arabic numerals on white enamel chapter ring, a glazed aperture to the lower half exposing the balance bridge, all surrounded by a gold plate with engraved scene depicting a putto and two doves in a landscape, in oval case with an engraved trophy of love to the back, repeating through the pendant, unsigned
53 mm. wide
Unsigned, circa 1820
The gilt-finished cylinder movement with unusually shaped, pierced polished steel bridge and balance cock, quarter repeating on two hammers, gold cuvette, the small eccentric skeletonized dial with Arabic numerals on white enamel chapter ring, a glazed aperture to the lower half exposing the balance bridge, all surrounded by a gold plate with engraved scene depicting a putto and two doves in a landscape, in oval case with an engraved trophy of love to the back, repeating through the pendant, unsigned
53 mm. wide