French complicated calendar watch with 24 hour dial Circa 1790

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Kenmerk
AS1979
Diameter
59 mm
Estimate
€ 3.500 - 7.000
Price sold
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Silver open faced calendar watch by Poudra
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A French silver open faced calendar watch with 24 hour dial, moon phases, sunrise and sunset, circa 1790. The watch features a gilded full plate movement with a cylinder escapement and a pierced and engraved balance bridge. It is also signed Poudra A Paris. It has a white enamel dial with a black bottom section indicating nighttime, Roman numerals, subsidiary dials for subsidiary seconds combined with moon phases, day and date, and a fanform aperture for sunrise and sunset. The silver, engine turned dial has a milled band and some indistinct marks.
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Diameter: 59 mm
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Signed: Poudra A Paris
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The movement is not operational, and the calendar is not advancing. There are multiple cracks on the left side of the dial, along with chips and cracks on the subsidiary seconds dial, and damage to the sunrise and sunset plate. The hands are loose. The case shows tarnishing throughout, but the engine turning remains in good condition.

Signed: Signed: Poudra A Paris

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