A9929
Gold and Enamel Cylinder
£1,290.00
Signed Alliez & Berguer Geneve
Circa 1870
Circa 1870
A 19th Century Swiss cylinder in a gold and enamel open face case.
Diameter 40 mm
Out of stock
Description
A 19th Century Swiss cylinder in a gold and enamel open face case. Keywind gilt Lepine calibre 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. White enamel dial with subsidiary seconds, Roman numerals, blue steel Breguet hands. Engraved 18 carat open face case, the back with a cartouche of translucent dark blue enamel over an engine turned ground, gilt floral decoration. Wound and set through the signed engine turned gold cuvette, maker's mark “FD” in an oval.
In excellent overall condition. Stamped “Bergeon” under the dial, perhaps an ebauche from the company now famous for producing horological tools
