| A late 18th Century Swiss verge with Bras en L'air dial in a gilt open face case. Full plate gilt fusee movement. Finely pierced and engraved bridge cock with steel coqueret, plain three arm steel balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Silver regulator dial with gilt indicator. Round pillars. White enamel dial with unusual form of Bras en L'air mechanism with
both hands on the same arbor. When the pendant is depressed the hands move to indicate the time, Roman numerals for the hours on the right and Arabic numerals for the minutes on the left. Wound and set through the dial, the winding square with a large polished steel collar, decorative gilt hands. Engine turned open face case with ribbed middle.
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