Bourdin, à Paris

Property from the Masterworks of Time Collection

Bourdin, à Paris

A miniature gold and enamel open-faced cylinder watch with chain

Circa 1855

• Movement:unsigned gilded bar movement, cylinder escapement, plain flat three-arm balance

• Dial: white enamel, Roman numerals, moon hands

• Case: gold, the back with blue guilloché enamel centrally set with applied diamond-set monogram and coronet, milled band, polished gold cuvette signed and numbered Bourdin, Horloger du Roi, Rue de la Paix, 24, à Paris, no. 6132, insidecuvette additionally numbered 4057, suspended from a matching short gold chain with decorative connecting links heightened with blue enamel, winding key decorated en suite

diameter 21mm, length of chain (excl. key & watch) 100mm