Amusing French gold watch with erotic hidden scene Circa 1820

Gold cylinder pocket watch
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A fine and amusing French gold and enamel cylinder pocket watch with a concealed erotic scene, circa 1820. Theatre Of Love by Breguet. An Empire case, the bezel, band, pendant and bow with foliate chasing, hinged back cover pierced and engraved with a proscenium arch, the aperture showing a polychrome painted-on enamel vignette of a young couple, the cover opens to reveal the hidden erotic part of the enamel.
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White enamel dial with Arabic numerals, outer minute divisions and Arabic quarter-hour numerals, pierced gold hands. A frosted gilt, full plate movement, turned pillars, fusee with chain, cylinder escapement, pierced and chased continental balance-cock with polished steel endplate, silvered regulation disc. Dial and movement with faux Breguet signature.
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Diameter: 50 mm
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Signed: Breguet à Paris