Swiss gold pocket watch with taille-douce engraving Circa 1845

Gold open faced cylinder pocket watch
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A fine and rare Swiss, 18K gold slim pocket watch with taille-douce engraving, circa 1845. The case with a coin-edge band chased and engraved bezels, bow and pendant, the back engraved in taille douce, depicting people strolling in front of a building with a Doric colonnade, gold hinged cuvette. Silvered dial, radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, central ground engine-turned with a view of a church. Gold Breguet hands. A frosted gilt movement, 8 jewels, bridge calibre, cylinder escapement, three-arm gilt balance with flat balance spring.
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Diameter: 44 mm
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Signed: Henri Redart & Co.  Geneva