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Image: Horloge, zgn. ‘boule de Genève’, met Zwitserse ankergang, objectnr KA 3620

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Description: A red guilloché enamel "Boule de Gèneve" (Geneva ball) with diamonds and sapphires, Switzerland. Geneva balls are a type of pendant watch mainly intended for women. They frequently came with a matching brooch, chain or chatelaine. Winding by rotating the hemisphere containing the dial and setting by depressing the cylindrical-shaped button while rotating the said hemisphere. Winding system by Marius Lecoultre of Geneva, Swiss patent 114, 12 January 1889.
Title: Horloge, zgn. ‘boule de Genève’, met Zwitserse ankergang, objectnr KA 3620
Credit: http://hdl.handle.net/11259/collection.10104
Author: Amsterdam Museum
Usage Terms: Creative Commons Zero, Public Domain Dedication
License: CC0
License Link: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en
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