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Index No. A7723 Gold and Enamel Hunter with Portrait Miniature
A fine 19th Century Swiss lever in a diamond set gold and enamel half hunter case with portrait miniature.  Keywind nickelled bar movement with suspended going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, compensation balance with blue steel overcoil hairspring. Club foot lever escapement, escape and lever pivots with endstones. White enamel dial with Turkish characters in place of the numerals, gilt hands. Fine decorative gold and enamel half hunter case set with diamonds.  The front cover of dark blue champleve enamel, the chapter marked in Turkish numerals bordered in a floral design set with diamonds.  The back cover set with a finely painted polychrome enamel of a Turkish gentleman bordered with diamonds and framed by dark blue champleve enamel set with further diamonds.  Wound and set through the gold cuvette, maker's mark "GS" in an oval. Accompanied by a gold and enamel ratchet key and a fitted presentation box.
Anonymous Swiss
Circa 1870
Diameter 47 mm
A very fine watch in excellent condition.  A printed slip in the box reads "Abdul Aziz of Turkey 1830 - 1876".  This may be the man in the portrait and the characters on the dial may spell his name.
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