| A mid 19th Century Austrian verge in an unusual egg shaped steel, silver and enamel form case. 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. Wound through the white enamel dial, polychrome enamel decoration to the edge and centre, Arabic numerals, blue steel hands. Unusual steel egg shaped case overlaid with applied engraved silver. The back with an oval cartouche of translucent dark blue enamel over an engine turned ground, gilt floral decoration. Glazed circular aperture to reveal the centre part of the dial.
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