| A very rare early 19th Century French cylinder movement with flyback sector seconds. Keywind gilt Lepine calibre movement with suspended going barrel, plain cock with blue steel regulator. Plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Polished steel cylinder, steel escape wheel. Signed
silver engine turned dial with unusual flyback sector for the seconds. As the seconds hand reaches 60 at the right of the sector it instantaneously flies back to 0 and starts again. Small chapter of Roman numerals for the time, blue steel seconds hand, gold Breguet hands. Fitted in a later engine turned and engraved silver open face case with ribbed middle, gilt metal cuvette.
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