10,925 CHF
Swiss, made for the French Market, circa 1793. Fine and rare silver, decimal watch with decorated dial. Double body Directoire, polished. White enamel small eccentric with Roman numerals for the duo decimal time and small Arabic decimal chapter ring symmetrically dispose below, painted on the left with a figure of a lady featuring the newly established Republic holding a scale, symbol of Justice and Equality, the new tricoloured flag on the right. Hinged gilt-brass full plate with conical pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain brass threearm balance, flat balance spring and gilt-brass continental cock with polished-steel end-piece. Diam. 54 mm.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1998-04-18
