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| Index No. A6221 | Gold and Enamel French Verge in Protective Outer |
| An 18th Century French verge in a gold and enamel consular case with protective glazed outer. 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 gilt indicator. Winding through the signed white enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, decorative gold hands. Three colour gold consular case decorated on the back with fully restored polychrome enamel scene of a couple in a formal garden, a lamb at their feet. Gilt metal protective outer case the back glazed to reveal the scene | ||
| Signed | Adres Hessen a Paris | |
| Condition | Circa | 1775 |
| Case | Very good. | ||
| Dial | Excellent apart from a very small surface chip by the winding aperture. | Diameter | [watch] 50 mm |
| Movement | Excellent. |
| Andres Hessen, master 1775- 1790 in Paris. He then moved to Stockholm and is known to have produced a watch with a special lever escapement. |
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