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18ct yellow gold Swiss enamel set open face pocketwatch. Made 1840's 18ct yellow gold Swiss enamel set open face pocketwatch. Made 1840's 18ct yellow gold Swiss enamel set open face pocketwatch. Made 1840's

Brand : SWISS Year : 1840's Model : Reference : N/A Calibre : N/A Movement : Manual Material : 18ct yellow gold Features/complications : Dial : White enamel dial with outer minute track featuring Case dimensions : Diameter 46 mm | Thickness 10 mm Bracelet/strap : N/A Accessories : SKU : 2244Watchmakers from Geneva, Paris and Blois initiated trade relations with the Ottoman Empire in the beginning of the 17th century. Soon after, a colony of Geneva watchmakers was settled in Galata, a district of Constantinople reserved to the Westerners. Among these colonials was Isaac Rousseau, the father of the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, presented in Les Confessions as “horologer du sérail”, meaning ‘’watchmaker at the service of the Sultan I’’.