Important Wristwatches, Watches & Clocks
Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 17, 1992
Anonymous, Swiss, circa 1793.
Rare silver decimal watch with date and decade. Double body polished case. White enamel dial, symetrical small chapter rings with Roman numerals for duo-decimal regular time and Arabic numerals for decimal Republican time, subsidiary Decade above and Republican date below (slightly chipped and few hair lines). GiIt brass full plate movement with cylindrical pillars, fusee and chain, verge escapement, giIt brass continental cock ( damaged). Diam. 56 mm.