| A late 18th Century continental dead beat verge with centre seconds and calendar in a gilt open face case. Full plate gilt fusee movement. Large pierced and engraved bridge cock with polished steel coqueret. Large plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring beating every two
seconds, the seconds hand advancing one second at a time. Silver regulator dial with blue steel indicator. Four turned pillars. Rare dead beat verge escapement, the teeth formed so that the leading faces are curved. The verge staff made from two steel cylinders with a flat cut into them. The tips of the escape wheel rest on the surface of the cylinder until they fall onto the flat and gives impulse to the balance. Winding though the white
enamel dial with centre seconds, subsidiaries for time, day and date, Arabic numerals, blue steel hands. Plain open face gilt metal case with decorative chased and engraved middle.
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