Swiss

A SELF-WINDING CYLINDER WATCH IN LATER ENGLISH SILVER CONSULAR CASE MOVEMENT CIRCA 1785 CASE HALLMARKED 1895

• Movement: unsigned gilded full plate, cylinder escapement, 'bob'-form perpetuelle weight mounted to the backplate with banking springs to either side
• Dial: white enamel, painted en grisaille with flower garlands, subsidiary time dial, Roman numerals, centre seconds with outer ring calibrated to fifths and with Arabic numerals, sector for regulation
• Case: later silver English case, hallmarked London 1895

diameter 46.5mm

Provenance:
Christie's Geneva, 29 April 1975, lot 138