Ca. 41,6 x 20mm, ca. 20g, 18K gold, green engine turned enamel on both sides, set with rose cut diamonds, heart-shaped movement, key winding, cylinder escapement, screwed enamel dial, Breguet steel hands, intact, in a very beautiful condition. The watch comes with a high quality 18K watch chain with T-piece, ca. 29g. Watch chain is in a very well preserved original sales box of a watch dealer from Hof in Bavaria. Mellerio dits Meller is the worlds oldest jewelry company. In the 16th century the Melerios became jewellers to Maria de Medici. In 1613, they were given exceptional privileges by the Queen for thwarting an attempt to assassinate the young King Louis XIII. These privileges were renewed by successive Kings & Queens of France until the revolution of 1789. Thanks to their illustrious past, Mellerio became the most famous French jeweler in the 19th century, supplying Empresses Josephine and Eugenie as well as all European royal courts.