| A late 18th Century French verge in a fine gold and enamel consular 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 gilt indicator. Winding
through the white enamel dial, Arabic numerals, gold hands. Gold consular case, the matted bezels with applied gold decoration. Gold and polychrome enamel back depicting three classically dressed figures, the sky of dark blue translucent enamel over an engine turned ground. Gold pendant, a button in the top depressed to open the front bezel.
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