Hommage to Rousseau.Unsigned, Swiss, circa 1795.Fine and rare 18 ct. gold watch with enamelled decimal Revolutionary dial, traditional duo-decimal dial and Revolutionary calendar. | The Sandberg Watch Collection | Hotel Richemond, Geneva, 31st March 2001
Hommage to Rousseau.Unsigned, Swiss, circa 1795.Fine and rare 18 ct. gold watch with enamelled decimal Revolutionary dial, traditional duo-decimal dial and Revolutionary calendar., CHF 12,000 - 16,000 USD 7,000 - 9,500Sold: CHF 20,700 C. Two-body, polished. D. White enamel eccentric dial for the Revolutionary 10-hour indication at the top with Arabic numerals, Revolutionary minute divisions with 25-minute Arabic numerals, on the bottom duo-decimal dial with Arabic numerals and 15-minute markers, to the right Revolutionary days of the decade, and to the left 30 day month indication. Gilt metal hands. The painting depicts France personified by a young woman breast- feeding her baby, on the other side a tall mast surmounted by aPhrygian cap, symbols of the Revolution, in the background a couple on a riverbank point towards 'Rousseau Island', the island in the Geneva bay which is dedicated to the memory of the Genevan philosopher, champion of liberty. M. 46.8 mm o, hinged, gilt brass full plate, cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain for the going train, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, blued-steel balance spring, continental cock pierced and engraved with four tulips.Diam. 57 mm. Published in the Sandberg book, pages 178-179.The Sandberg Watch Collection
Hotel Richemond, Geneva, Mar 31, 2001
LOT 329 Hommage to Rousseau.Unsigned, Swiss, circa 1795.Fine and rare 18 ct. gold watch with enamelled decimal Revolutionary dial, traditional duo-decimal dial and Revolutionary calendar.
CHF 12,000 - 16,000 USD 7,000 - 9,500
Sold: CHF 20,700
C. Two-body, polished. D. White enamel eccentric dial for the Revolutionary 10-hour indication at the top with Arabic numerals, Revolutionary minute divisions with 25-minute Arabic numerals, on the bottom duo-decimal dial with Arabic numerals and 15-minute markers, to the right Revolutionary days of the decade, and to the left 30 day month indication. Gilt metal hands. The painting depicts France personified by a young woman breast- feeding her baby, on the other side a tall mast surmounted by aPhrygian cap, symbols of the Revolution, in the background a couple on a riverbank point towards 'Rousseau Island', the island in the Geneva bay which is dedicated to the memory of the Genevan philosopher, champion of liberty. M. 46.8 mm o, hinged, gilt brass full plate, cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain for the going train, verge escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, blued-steel balance spring, continental cock pierced and engraved with four tulips.Diam. 57 mm. Published in the Sandberg book, pages 178-179.
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