| A mid 19th Century Swiss cylinder made for the Chinese market in a fine silver gilt and enamel open face case. Keywind gilt bar movement with richly engraved plate, bridges and suspended going barrel. Blue steel regulator with temperature compensation curb, polished steel parachute suspension, plain gilt
three arm balance, spiral hairspring. Polished steel cylinder, steel escape wheel. Signed white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel Breguet hands. Fine silver gilt open face case, ribbed middle. The bezels set with small split pearls and the back decorated with a floral spray in polychrome enamel over a light blue ground. Wound and set through the glazed cuvette.
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