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XII.54 Watch
Maker: unknown
Place:Switzerland
Date:ca. 1800
Materials:gold, enamel
Dimensions:diameter 57 mm
Current inventory:3858
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Watch with dead-beat seconds at the center, made in Switzerland for the English market. The case is composed of two glass-covered lunettes surrounded by mounted silver rosettes. The enamel dial, with Roman hour numerals and Arabic 15-minute numerals, carries the seconds hand at the center. The movement has no fusee and the escapement is of the anchor type, a design invented by the Genevan clockmaker Jean-Moisé Pouzait. The large balance is made of silver, with S-shaped arms and studded with rosettes.

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