Description

An unusual decorated oval gold watch with rare flat wheel cylinder escapement.  Slim full plate gilt oval keywind movement with a broad engraved border.  Engraved cover to the resting barrel mainspring.  Pierced and engraved cock with polished steel coqueret, silver index on the plate.  Plain three arm gilt balance with blue steel spiral hairspring.  Very rare flat wheel cylinder escapement with polished steel cylinder and brass escape wheel.  Small circular white enamel dial with and Arabic numerals, pierced gilt hands.  Gold oval mask, two colour gold decoration above and to the sides of the dial.  Below a circular cartouche of three colour gold decoration.  Gold oval case, both lids painted in Vernis Martin lacquer work on the outside faces with cherubs.  The inside of the covers similarly decorated with portraits of well dressed ladies.