"Very Beautiful Enamelled Watch, From The End Of The Eighteenth Century In Pomponne"
Very beautiful enamelled watch, from the end of the eighteenth century in PomponneEnamel dial, with (astonishing Roman numerals, arranged vertically), Breguet hands in gilded brass. and, a maxim, saying, "It is always time to do good."
Gold-plated brass movement, with rod escapement, chain and fusee. Pomponne case, with the back decorated with polychrome enamel, depicting a man and a woman holding a flag with a laurel wreath. (The laurel wreath was used under the Republic and the Roman Empire as an honorary distinction awarded to a triumphant. Composed of two laurel branches, it is placed on his head, as a symbol of glory, at the moment of his acclamation by his soldiers as imperator.)
Perfect condition.
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