FRANÇOIS GUYÉ IN BESANÇON Watch with cock with gold 18K (750 thousandths), enamel dial with painted Arabic numerals, minute track gilded, hand of the hours blued style Breguet. Cuvette gold 18K (750 thousandths) composed of a metal part for the sounding of the two hammers. Work signed François Guyé in Besançon on the movement. Movement with cock, escapement with verge, system fusee chain, mechanism of repetition. No guarantee of operation. Accompanied by an 18K (750 thousandths) gold winding key. Missing minute hand. Late 18th century Gross weight 121g Diameter 53mm

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