| An early 19th Century Austrian verge in a gold and enamel case in the form of a lyre. Full plate gilt fusee movement. Pierced and engraved bridge cock with steel coqueret, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Silver regulator dial with blue steel indicator. Contemporary white enamel dial
with Roman numerals, blue steel Breguet hands. Fine gold case in the form of a lyre decorated with polychrome enamel. On the front the frame of the lyre in engraved gold and translucent red enamel over an engraved ground surrounding the blue centre; on the back the colours are reversed. The centre of the hinged front cover depicts a lyre and sheet music. On the back a small glazed aperture with a border of split pearls reveals the cock and the strings of the lyre a
represented by four twisted gold wires. The watch supported by a gold clip and two short gold and enamel chains.
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