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The Encyclopedia of Horology

Novelty watch · Genève

Canne-épée avec montre-réveil

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The gold knob, which houses the alarm-watch, is engraved and chased. There is a count’s crown at its base surmounted by the monogram GM. Decorated with scrolls and foliage, the cover has an engraved landscape (a house on the shores of a lake) at the centre.

Technical facts

Inventory number
MIH I-1527
Object type
Novelty watch
Place of production
Genève
Dating
last quarter of the 18th c.
Materials and techniques (catalogue wording)
or, émail, laiton, fer, bois
Dimensions (catalogue)
dimensions min/max: 901 x 1000 mm
Inscriptions (catalogue)
Duchêne à Genève (Mouvement); Duchêne à Genève (Cadran)

Historical significance

  • The gold knob, which houses the alarm-watch, is engraved and chased. There is a count’s crown at its base surmounted by the monogram GM. Decorated with scrolls and foliage, the cover has an engraved landscape (a house on the shores of a lake) at the centre.
  • The white enamel dial is pierced with two winding holes: one for the movement, the other for the alarm. The Breguet hands are blued steel.
  • The movement has a fusee with chain, a verge escapement, and an alarm mechanism. The gilded brass balance cock is engraved and pierced with a crown motif.

Photographs

Canne-épée avec montre-réveil (MIH I-1527)
Canne-épée avec montre-réveil (MIH I-1527) — 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-1527: https://collection.mih.ch/fr/collection/item/36129/

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