| An early 18th Century French Oignon in a silver consular case. Deep full plate gilt movement with decorative pentagonal baluster pillars. Fusee and chain with spring and ratchet setup between the plates, a long tail on the click to allow the spring to be let down, the barrel with a rim to both top and
bottom. Silver pierced and engraved bridge cock, plain three arm steel balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Silver regulator dial under a slender blue steel bridge acting on a visible blue steel rack. Decorative silver mask over the escape wheel potence and a silver chased and engraved plate secured by a long blue steel screw to protect the escapement from a broken fusee chain. Winding through the white enamel dial, Arabic minute numerals, the Roman hour
numerals on raised "cartouches". Finely carved blue steel hands. Plain silver consular case, silver ring pendant and bow.
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