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Pocket watch · La Chaux-de-Fonds

The case is polished gold

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The painted enamel dial features gilded brass warriors marching through an open sector. A small eccentric dial in white enamel, painted with Arabic numerals, indicates the hours.

Technical facts

Inventory number
MIH I-1123
Object type
Pocket watch
Place of production
La Chaux-de-Fonds
Dating
1810
Materials and techniques (catalogue wording)
or, émail, laiton doré
Dimensions (catalogue)
dimensions min/max: 51 x 60 mm
Inscriptions (catalogue)
DMI (Fond du boîtier); Robert & Courvoisier N° 71809 (Cuvette); Robert & Courvoisier N° 71809 (Mouvement)

Historical significance

  • The painted enamel dial features gilded brass warriors marching through an open sector. A small eccentric dial in white enamel, painted with Arabic numerals, indicates the hours.
  • The gilded brass movement has a cylinder escapement with a brass escape wheel. The upper plate of the pillar movement has a balance cock engraved and pierced with asymmetrical scrolls. Avance-Retard (Fast-Slow) is engraved on the regulating-rosette.

Photographs

The case is polished gold (MIH I-1123)
The case is polished gold (MIH I-1123) — Musée international d'horlogerie, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Museum collection photograph, rights review pending. MIH collection record
The case is polished gold (MIH I-1123)
The case is polished gold (MIH I-1123) — Musée international d'horlogerie, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Museum collection photograph, rights review pending. MIH collection record

Photographs are illustrative examples of the type, not necessarily the exact object described. Verify details against the source file page.

Sources & references

  1. Musée international d'horlogerie, online collection record, inv. I-1123: https://collection.mih.ch/fr/collection/item/39994/

Where sources disagree, the disagreement is stated rather than resolved silently.