French gold enamel watch with matching chain and key Circa 1835

Decorative cylinder pocket watch
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A French decorative cylinder watch in a fine gold and champlevé enamel case with matching chain and key, circa 1835.
This beautiful antique key wind pocket watch has a bridge movement with a going barrel, cylinder escapement and three-arm brass balance. The eccentric silver enamel dial has an engine-turned centre, with Roman radial hours, outer minutes track, and Breguet-style hands. The gold enamel case is entirely decorated with polychrome champlevé enamel flowers and foliage against an opaque black and blue enamelled background. The matching gold enamel chain with a pocket watch key adds to the elegance of the piece. The inner case is signed, probably by an imitator, as BREGUET FILS.
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Diameter: 43 mm
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Signed: Breguet Fils
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The watch has two markings on the inside of the dust cover and the inside back cover, which read 2032. On the outside of the dust cover is a marking that reads ECHAPPEMENT A CYLINDER/BREGUET FILS/Aiguillee/QUATRE TROUS EN PIERRE. The chain has three markings: L T J T, an eagle’s head with a medium size (which is a recent mark for departments 1809-19), and E + 5 in a rectangle.