Swiss gold, enamel, pearl and diamond set pendant watch Circa 1890

Gold Renaissance style ladies’ watch
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A very fine and elegant Swiss 18 carat gold, enamel, pearl and diamond set Renaissance style keyless ladies’ pendant watch, circa 1890. The oval matte gilt movement, 28 x 23 mm, with eight jewels, wolf’s tooth winding, a cylinder escapement, plain three arm balance, blued steel flat balance spring and an index regulator.
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Oval white enamel dial with Roman hours, an outer minute track, outermost blue Arabic five minute numerals and original blued steel spade hands. The oval case with enamelled scalloped decoration, a beaded band, scroll terminals, of which the lower is set with five rose cut diamonds, the upper articulated for the winding crown and with a pearl set suspension loop. The hinged and sprung front is finely painted on enamel showing Una and the Lion and featuring a graduated pearl set border, the interior with a glazed aperture for a photograph, the hinged back with a polychrome enamel scene of three children on a mossy bank against the night sky. A further hinged gold cuvette.
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Dimensions: 62 x 39 mm
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Signed: No name
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Comes from the property of the original family.