Hentschel à Strasbourg

A FINE GOLD SINGLE CASED VERGE WATCH THE CASE WITH MANUAL ASTRONOMICAL CALENDAR AND INDICATIONS FOR LENGTH OFಌ DAY &ꦚ; NIGHT AND SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC

CIRCA 1790

[ 黃金懷錶，錶殼備手動天文曆、晝夜時長及星座顯示，年份約1790]

• Movement: gilded full plate, verge escapement, decoratively pierced and engraved balance bridge, square baluster pillars, fusee and chain, signed Hentschel à Strasbourg

• Dial: white enamel, Roman numerals, outer ♉Arabic minute ring, aperture for winding, gold filigree hands

• Case: gold, the back with central rotating disc marked within a shell-form motif with the days of the week each indicating to a silver date disc beneath, outer rotating ring with four apertures indicating months and their length, together with corresponding sign of the zodiac and indications for lengths of day and night, the bezels engraved with floral bouquets separated by a scrolling ribbon-form motif, inside back with case maker's mark AIG and with French gold mark

diameter 44mm

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