This watch has a steel collar decorative cloisonne enamel polychrome decoration in the Arms of Geneva, with the sign of the eagle and the key. The yellow and red are the colors of the Republic and Canton of Geneva. http://www.ville-ge.ch/fr/decouvrir/en-bref/armoiries.htm
The arms appear to Geneva in the fifteenth century. Their representation cur it was fixed by the State Council in 1918. They represent the meeting of the symbols of the Empire (the eagle head crowned), Geneva which was attached to the eleventh century, and Bishop (the golden key) do nt citizens hold their liberties and franchises since 1387. The old colors of Geneva were gray and black. In the seventeenth century, black and purple. Yellow and red prevailed in the eighteenth century, the black was added during the revolutionary period. The Arms of the City of Geneva are the same as those of the township.
Geneva's motto, "Post tenebras Lux (After darkness the light era), when the mid-sixteenth century. It refers to the Reformation. Www.city- ge.ch
The movement corresponds to his era. This is a watch with cylinder escapement type H. Parrenin. An example of disassembly here.
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