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Ring watch · Genève

Ring-watch

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The oval case is decorated with half-pearls. The case-back is mounted on a slide. This enables the mainspring to be wound and the hands set to time, as well as the watch to be regulated, with a key.

Technical facts

Inventory number
MIH I-502
Object type
Ring watch
Place of production
Genève
Dating
1800 - 1820
Materials and techniques (catalogue wording)
or, émail, perles
Dimensions (catalogue)
dimensions min/max: 31 x 35 mm

Historical significance

  • The oval case is decorated with half-pearls. The case-back is mounted on a slide. This enables the mainspring to be wound and the hands set to time, as well as the watch to be regulated, with a key.
  • There are two white enamel dials on blue enamel background. The top one indicates the seconds; the bottom one the hours and minutes.
  • The brass movement, which is also oval, has a cylinder escapement with a brass escape wheel.

Photographs

Ring-watch (MIH I-502)
Ring-watch (MIH I-502) — 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-502: https://collection.mih.ch/fr/collection/item/39638/

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