Swiss silver watch with regulator dial and date Circa 1810
- Kenmerk
- DT0119
- Diameter
- 57 mm
- Estimate
- € 18.000 - 28.000
- Price sold
- € 21.250
Silver open faced verge watch
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A unique verge pocket watch with calendar and ornamental regulator dial with hiking hands made of polychrome enamelled butterflies in the manner of Benjamin Franklin, circa 1810.
Silver plain case, enamel dial, full plate movement, chain/fusee, three-arm brass balance.
The white enamel dial is divided in four sections, with two small auxiliary chapter rings for the date at 12 and the month at 6. Two blue enamel ovals sit at 9 and 3 to display the hours and the minutes; their hands are in the form of two colourful, gold set enamel butterflies with blued screws for eyes. They are fitted with flexible steel tongues that follow the course of the oval chapter rings and make for an unusual indication of the hours and minutes a mechanism created after a design by Benjamin Franklin.
We know of no other pocket watch with such a striking display of the time!
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Diameter: 57 mm
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A unique verge pocket watch with calendar and ornamental regulator dial with hiking hands made of polychrome enamelled butterflies in the manner of Benjamin Franklin, circa 1810.
Silver plain case, enamel dial, full plate movement, chain/fusee, three-arm brass balance.
The white enamel dial is divided in four sections, with two small auxiliary chapter rings for the date at 12 and the month at 6. Two blue enamel ovals sit at 9 and 3 to display the hours and the minutes; their hands are in the form of two colourful, gold set enamel butterflies with blued screws for eyes. They are fitted with flexible steel tongues that follow the course of the oval chapter rings and make for an unusual indication of the hours and minutes a mechanism created after a design by Benjamin Franklin.
We know of no other pocket watch with such a striking display of the time!
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Diameter: 57 mm
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Weight: 142 g
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Signed: IFS Swiss
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Signed: IFS Swiss
Signed: IFS Swiss
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