Swiss gold decorative precision pocket watch Circa 1871

Remarkable gold hunting cased pocket watch by Girard-Perregaux
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A decorative, remarkable Swiss hunting cased precision pocket watch, circa 1871.
18 Carat gold case, signed Cronometro, Exposition Universelle, Paris 1867 /Girard Perregaux, Chaux de Fonds, with apertures for two integrated hinged mechanisms for bow setting and winding, case maker’s punch mark PMAF, and a lavishly engine-turned inner lid. Signed, chased, silvered dial with applied gold floral ornaments, Roman hours,  subsidiary dial for the seconds at 6 o’clock, and blued Fleur-de-Lys hands. Rhodium-plated bridge movement, stripe-decorated, with free-sprung blued spherical balance spring, chronometer balance with four screws and two elliptical-shaped gold weights, counterpoised lever, chatoned diamond endstone on balance, and a lever and escape wheel.
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Diameter: 53 mm
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Weight: 137 g
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Signed: Girard-Perregaux, Chaux de Fonds