"Hebdomas Pocket Watch - Switzerland - Circa 1900"
Hebdomas POCKET WATCHSwitzerland, circa 1900
Enamel, Silver
H. 6.5; Diameter: 4.5 cm
Weekly soap-type watch with external dust cover, white enamel dial with floral decoration and red Roman numerals, view of open balance bridge, silver case bearing the three bears markings, comprising, under the inscription ‘0.935’, two bear hallmarks - the hallmark in use from 17 May 1881 for the mark of nationally made large silver items with a minimum fineness of 875 thousandths; and a small bear hallmark - in use this time, for small silver items. The inside is marked ‘8 jours’ for its weekly mechanism and ‘G. A. La Ferriere Swiss Made’.
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