| A late 18th Century French verge with unusual en grisaille enamel dial fitted in a contemporary decorative gold case. Full plate gilt fusee movement. Finely pierced and engraved bridge cock, garnet endstone in a polished steel coqueret, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.
Silver regulator dial with blue steel indicator. Unusual enamel dial with a scene en grisaille depicting an artist's pallet, books, soldier's shield and a vase, around the top in gilt lettering "Savoir s'occuper cest savoir jouir" (To know how to keep busy is to know how to rejoice). Small white subsidiary dial for time with Arabic numerals, gilt hands. Contemporary gold consular case with applied three colour gold decoration.
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