French 18K yellow gold open faced pocket watch Circa 1900

Gold open faced cylinder watch
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A French 18 carat yellow gold open faced pocket watch, circa 1900. It has a hand wound mechanical bridge movement with a cylinder escapement and eight rubies. The inner cuvette is marked Cylindre Huit rubis inside a cartouche and numbered. The white enamel dial shows painted black Roman numerals for the hours and outer Arabic numerals at five minute intervals for the minutes. It also has a railway minute track, a subsidiary seconds dial at 6 o’clock, and steel hands. The watch has a round, solid gold open faced case with a fluted crown, a decorative round bow, a smooth, polished bezel, and a case back decorated with an intricately engraved monogram of stylised initials beneath a crown.
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Diameter: 47 mm
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Weight: 85.4 g
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Signed: No name
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Condition: Scratches from use.