ILBERY. A FINE 18K GOLD AND ENAMEL OPENFACE DUPLEX WATCH WITH CENTRE SECONDS, MADE FOR THE CHINESE MARKET

ILBERY. A FINE 18K GOLD AND ENAMEL OPENFACE DUPLEX WATCH WITH CENTRE SECONDS, MADE FOR THE CHINESE MARKET
Signed Ilbery, London, No. 2267, circa 1835

With highly engraved gilt-finished movement, duplex escapement, plain five arm steel balance, diamond endstone, gold cuvette centrally engraved with a stylised sunburst motif and chequered motifs to the edge, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals, outer ring with Arabic fifteen minute divisions, gilt spoon hands, centre seconds, the reverse with a painted enamel scene depicting a young couple in a classical landscape against a red guilloché enamel ground, to the champlevé enamel floral bezels, pendant and bow, movement signed and numbered
56 mm. diam.