| A late 18th Century English centre seconds cylinder in fine gold and enamel pair cases set with diamonds. Full plate fire gilt movement with pierced dust cover to reveal the pierced and engraved table of the cock set with a large diamond endstone. Engraved foot to the cock and plate for the silver regulator
disc. Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. Polished steel cylinder, large brass escape wheel, lateral steel stop lever. Fine domed white enamel dial with centre seconds, Roman numerals, gold hands. Gold and enamel pair cases, the pendant of the plain gold inner with dark blue translucent enamel with green and gilt decoration. The bezels of the outer case similarly decorated but with the addition of red flowers. The back of the outer
case of dark blue translucent enamel over an engine turned ground. On this a geometric pattern of diamonds is set with a very large single diamond at the centre.
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