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Property from the Masterworks of Time CollectionGiteau élève de Breguet, Palais RoyalA gold open-faced jump hour cylinder watchCirca 1830, no. 1065 • Movement: gilded, cylinder escapement, three-arm gold balance, blue steel regulation index, standing barrel• Dial: silver engine-turned, aperture for hours, off-set ring for minutes with blued steel hand, subsidiary seconds• Case: gold, engine-turned back, bezel and band, plain ring pendant, polished gold cuvette with apertures for winding and hand-setting, signed and numbered Giteau élève de Breguet, Palais Royal 140, No. 1065, pendant with French control marks for 1822-1838, case back and cuvette additionally numbered 38550 and inside cuvette stamped B M in a lozenge-shaped cartouchediameter 53mmCondition reportMovement: running at time of cataloguing. The minute hands is adjusting smoothly and the hours are jumping cleanly on the hour. Movement would likely benefit from a service. Dial: engine-turning in good condition, there is some scuffing towards the centre and some small indentations to the subsidiary seconds dial. Tarnishing also, especially around the edge of the dial. Hands with some oxidation spotting. Case: engine turning with some rubbing to exposed areas at the edges. A couple of scratches to the back cover and a minor depression to the edge near the pendant. Covers close securely. Please note that Condition 11 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers (Online Only) is not applicable to this lot. The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The online