French watch with inlaid polychrome enamel portrait Circa 1852

Gold watch with a painted portrait of Jerome Bonaparte (1784-1860)
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An important French presentation watch with an excellent enamel painted portrait of Jerome Bonaparte, circa 1852. This watch features an 18 carat gold à goutte Lépine case with a coined band. The back of the case has an eight cornered painting of absolute top quality, signed by H. Steiner Paris, while the case itself is signed by Perrelet Paris Horloger Mecanicien, with the numbers 1775 and 12/52. It has an exquisite bar movement with a special lever escapement and key winding. The enamel dial is perfectly preserved, with Roman radial hours, an outer minutes track, a subsidiary dial for the seconds, and fine Breguet steel hands. This watch is in excellent condition and looks almost like new.
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Diameter: 45 mm
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Weight: 68 g
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Signed: Perrelet Paris, H. Steiner Paris