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 All have been restored and are in full working order unless otherwise stated, but are sold as antiques and should be treated as such. 
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Charles Oudin, Paris, scarce and unusual chatelaine watch. This piece is in a steamed horn case with applied hand painted porcelain tablets. The back of the case has an applied silver crest that looks Scandinavian or Danish in origin and may suggest Royal ownership. The case is opened by depressing the small button at the base by the 6 and lifting the top cover up and off. The case is suspended from the original leather and steel chatelaine which is exhibiting expected age related wear for a piece in excess of 200 years old. The leather is decorated with shaped metal studs and the original key with steamed horn mount is incredibly still attached as is the original glass. The white enamel dial is in very fine condition with fine Breguet numbers. There is some light edge flaking around the front winding apertures as could be expected, and one isolated edge flake at the 7. The unusually shaped gold hands look to be original. The movement is released with the offset catch at the 5 and is a fine 10 jewel flat bar cylinder escapement with flat brass 3-arm balance and straight bridges. Curiously the signature has been struck through at some time in the past, but is none the less still quite legible and reads ;
Ch. Oudin, 
Medaille D'Or 
Palais Royale 52

The piece is key wind and set and measures 42mm diameter and 130mm total length with the chatelaine. £sold
Oudin was working at this address from 1807-1825. A highly respected maker of fine watches and famous student of Breguet. An extremely collectable maker he has pieces in the Ilbert Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and the Mathematische Physikalische Salon, Dresdon.