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Index No. A6018 Swiss Verge With Enamel Portrait Of Napoleon
A late 18th Century Swiss verge in a silver and gilt case with a polychrome enamel portrait of Napoleon.  Full plate gilt fusee movement.  Finely 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.  Pentagonal baluster pillars. Fully restored white enamel dial with Arabic numerals, blue steel hands.  Silver and gilt open face case, chased and engraved gilt middle with urn shaped gilt pendant. Silver bow and engraved glazed bezels.  Fine polychrome enamel portrait depicting Napoleon in uniform on a dark green ground.  
SignedColadon a Geneve
ConditionCirca 1800
CaseExcellent, tiny chips at the edge of the portrait under the bezel.
DialVery good. Diameter 56 mm
MovementExcellent.
A rare watch with a finely painted portrait which has been protected by the glazed cover.
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