Summary
Ladies pocket watch, gold case set with pearls, enamel painting of birds and flowers on back cover, Dimier, Geneva, circa 1850.
Jean Antoine Dimier was active in Geneva from around 1835 to his death in 1863. He exported watches in gilt brass, or gold and enamel, cases, often with a pearl-set floral decor.
Physical Description
Gold case set with pearls. Enamel painting of bird and flowers on back cover. White enamel dial has black roman numerals and centre seconds hand. Red jewelled balance wheel Key wound spring; duplex escapement. Scale fast to slow.
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Acquisition Information
Purchase
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Inscriptions
Works are marked 'Dimier Geneve'.
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Overall Dimensions
2 cm (Width), 6.2 cm (Outside Diameter)
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Exhibition Collection Management
95 mm (Length), 60 mm (Width), 15 mm (Height)
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References
Dictionnaire des Horlogers Genevois, by Osvaldo Patrizzi, Antiquorum Editions, 1998.
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