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Objekt 11

Pocket watch, so-called "Bras en l'air"

Description

In the so-called "Bras en l'air" watch, a figure mounted as a hand with movable head and arms shows the time, with one arm the hours from 1-12 and with the other arm the minutes 5, 10, 15 to 60.

Object description

France, beginning of 19th century

Silver, enamel, bronze, gilded

Bequest Carl and Lini Nathan-Rupp, Binningen

Inv. 1982.1099.

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