Description
A mid 19th Century Swiss cylinder in a decorative 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. Signed gold engine turned dial, engraved centre, Roman numerals, blue steel Breguet hands. Slim engraved 18 carat open face case decorated with a well painted polychrome Alpine scene within a blue and white enamel frame. Wound and set through the plain gold cuvette, maker’s mark "LC" in an oval.