Vitrine 2
Competition and French imports
Description
Not only the sons, but also the journeymen of Leonhard I. Bury (1633-1706) had to build up their livelihood outside Basel, for example Gédéon Guymet dit de Beaulieu in Strasbourg and Düsseldorf or Henry Collomby in Huningue. Bury's Basel apprentice Johann Heinrich Petri moved to Geneva
From the middle of the 18th century - with the growing, high-quality production in western Switzerland - Basel watchmaking lost its importance. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the need for quality watches was met by imports from France and Paris. The local goldsmiths and watchmakers had dials with their names made for them. Pocket watches were also used as a ceremonial gift or a sign of special merit.
Selection
1: Pocket watch (oignon)
2: Pocket watch with repeater and overcase
3: Pocket watch
4: Pocket watch with disc indication
5: Pocket watch with overcase
6: Pocket watch with stop device and overcase
7: Movement of a pocket watch
8: Ladies pocket watch for the free shooting of the fire shooting society (July 11-18, 1909)
9: Pocket watch ("dedication watch")
10: Carriage clock with alarm clock and over case
11: Pocket watch with calendar displays and alarm clock
12: Pocket watch with overcase
13: Carriage clock with alarm clock
14: Pocket watch with alarm clock and over case
15: Pocket watch (oignon) with enamel painting
16: Pocket watch with enamel painting
17: Enamel pocket watch
18: Pocket watch with overcase