Objekt 12
Pocket watch with revolutionary period
Description
This pocket watch has an hour count from 1 to 10 on the left hour dial, thus showing the so-called "revolutionary time". During the French Revolution, on September 22, 1792, the decimal system was also introduced for timekeeping: 1 day corresponded to 10 hours at 100 minutes. in 1806, this regulation was abolished again.
Object description
Geneva or Paris, end of 18th c.
Gold, enamel
Bequest Carl and Lini Nathan-Rupp, Binningen
Inv. 1982.1011.
[Attention: exhibited in the Greek room.]