| A fine late 18th Century English gold and enamel watch set with diamonds and pearls. Full plate fire gilt fusee movement converted to English lever escapement. Geometrically pierced and engraved cock, diamond endstone, silver regulator disc. Plain three arm steel balance, blue steel spiral hairspring. Wound through the white enamel dial with radially set Arabic numerals,
decorative diamond set hands. Fine gold and enamel consular case, the back of translucent dark blue enamel over an engine turned ground. Applied white metal mask set with diamonds, at its centre a glazed oval cartouche revealing a memento of plaited hair. The bezels decorated with blue and white enamel and set with a single row of large split pearls.
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