A GOLD OPEN-FACED TWO-TIME ZONE CALENDAR DUPLEX WA🦩TCH WITH CENTRE SECONDS MADE FOR THE CHINESE MARKET CIRCA 1870, NO. 130 [ 黃金兩地時間日曆懷錶,為中國市場製造,年份約1870,編號130]
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November 12, 03:28 PM GMT
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Brunschwik à Lyon
A GOLD OPEN-FACED TWO-TIME ZONE CALENDAR DUPLEX WATCH WITH CENTRE SECONDS MADE FO🉐R THE 💮CHINESE MARKET
CIRCA 1870, NO. 130
[ 黃金兩地時間日曆懷錶,為中國市場製造,年份約1870,編號130]
• Movement: gilded partially skeletonised Tixier calibre movement, the bridges highly decoratively engraved, 🌊duplex escapement, unusual balance with balustraded r💦im
• Dial: white enamel, separate subsidiary dials for each time zone, one with Arabic the other Roman numerals, outer minute rings, cent🧸ral blued steel jumping seconds hand, two further subsidiary dials for date and day of the week, dial edge calibrated for months with corresponding number of days
• Case: gold, engine-turned back, milled band, inside back with decor moiré style engine-turned decoration and plaque numbered 130, gold cuvette with apertures for winding and hand-setting the separate time zones, cuvette engraved 'Echappement Duplex, Seconde Fixe, Deux Meridiens et Calendrier Perpétuel fait par Brunschwik à Lyon', numbered 130 to cuvette interior
diameter 54mm
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