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Pocket watch · Genève

The back of the gold case has an enamel painting of Eros Kissing Psyche, from the work by François Gérard in the Louvre

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The gold engine-turned dial has a minute circle and twelve white enamel discs with the hours painted in Arabic numerals. The watchmaker’s signature appears on an offset enamel sector near the bottom.

Technical facts

Inventory number
MIH I-118
Object type
Pocket watch
Place of production
Genève
Dating
1820 - 1840
Materials and techniques (catalogue wording)
or, émail, laiton
Dimensions (catalogue)
dimensions min/max: 36 x 40 mm; Diamètre: 38,2 mm. Epaisseur: 13 mm.
Inscriptions (catalogue)
J. Ruegger A GENEVE N° 16050 (Cuvette); J... RUEGGER (Cadran); N° 16050 (Fond du boîtier)

Historical significance

  • The gold engine-turned dial has a minute circle and twelve white enamel discs with the hours painted in Arabic numerals. The watchmaker’s signature appears on an offset enamel sector near the bottom.
  • The movement with bridges, which is fitted with hour and quarter repeating, has a hanging barrel and a cylinder escapement. The hammers strike on two square-section polished steel gongs.

Photographs

The back of the gold case has an enamel painting of Eros Kissing Psyche, from the work by François Gérard in the Louvre (MIH I-118)
The back of the gold case has an enamel painting of Eros Kissing Psyche, from the work by François Gérard in the Louvre (MIH I-118) — Musée international d'horlogerie, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Museum collection photograph, rights review pending. MIH collection record
The back of the gold case has an enamel painting of Eros Kissing Psyche, from the work by François Gérard in the Louvre (MIH I-118)
The back of the gold case has an enamel painting of Eros Kissing Psyche, from the work by François Gérard in the Louvre (MIH I-118) — Musée international d'horlogerie, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Museum collection photograph, rights review pending. MIH collection record
The back of the gold case has an enamel painting of Eros Kissing Psyche, from the work by François Gérard in the Louvre (MIH I-118)
The back of the gold case has an enamel painting of Eros Kissing Psyche, from the work by François Gérard in the Louvre (MIH I-118) — Musée international d'horlogerie, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Museum collection photograph, rights review pending. MIH collection record

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Sources & references

  1. Musée international d'horlogerie, online collection record, inv. I-118: https://collection.mih.ch/fr/collection/item/35370/

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