"Very Rare Vermeil Watch, With Central Rooster, Golden Decor And Dates. Besançon: 1800. "
Magnificent and important watch from the very beginning of the 19th century in vermeil.Enamel dial with decoration of golden columns, hours, minutes, 30-day republican dates.
Movement in gilded brass, with verge escapement, rocket chain, and rare central cock
Superb vermeil case with chiseled back and engraved with a decoration depicting a cart pulled by a donkey in a country setting
The official guarantee hallmark of the case is the watchmaking hallmark of Besançon, created on 16 Prairial of Year II and deleted on 12 Prairial of Year XIII, according to this, it would be from 1800, or year 8 of the Republican calendar .
In a perfect state.
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