Objekt 4
Pocket watch
Description
The hours on this clock are indicated on a rotating engraved metal plate - by the sun during the day, by the moon at night. The minute hand is on the outside of the case. The watch is also an example of cross-regional collaboration: the movement was built in Schaffhausen, the over-case in Geneva. Domaine Dassier, its maker, was appointed master silver and goldsmith in Geneva in 1698. This is the only case signed by him that has survived.
Object description
Manufacturer: G. Michel Spleiss (1660-1738) (movement), Domaine Dassier (1640-1719) (case)
Schaffhausen and Geneva, around 1700
Silver, brass gilded, steel blued, glass, paper
Signatures: G. Michel Spleiss à Schafouse (movement), D. Dassier fecit (case)
Deposit Dr. Eugen Gschwind Foundation, Basel, G.105
Inv. 1983.1105.