| A mid 19th Century Swiss cylinder made for the Turkish market in a diamond set gold and enamel full hunter case. Keywind gilt bar movement with suspended going barrel. Plain cock with polished steel regulator, plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring. Polished steel cylinder,
steel escape wheel. Signed white enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Turkish numerals, blue steel hands. Full hunter 18 carat case with ribbed middle. The covers decorated with fully restored translucent dark green enamel over an engine turned ground and central geometric pattern of diamonds. Wound and set through the gold cuvette.
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