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EDO PERIOD (MID-19TH CENTURY)
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A RARE SILVER-CASE POCKETWATCH
EDO PERIOD (MID-19TH CENTURY)
THE 2¼IN. DIAL OF SILVERED BRASS WITH NAMI-GATA [WAVE-LINE] DESIGN AND THE TWELVE SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC, THE CIRCULAR BRASS MECHANISM WITH A SINGLE TRAIN AND FUSéE MOVEMENT, FOUR TURNED POSTS, THE BALANCE WHEEL GUARD ENGRAVED WITH FLOWERING PLANTS, THE HAND IN THE FORM OF A PINE NEEDLE WHICH CAN BE MOVED THROUGH THE PINION TO ADJUST TO THE MONTHS OF THE YEAR REPRESENTED BY THE CONCENTRIC CIRCLES IN RELATION TO THEIR DAYLIGHT HOURS, THE CROSSING POINTS WITH THE CURVED LINES SHOW THE TOKI [HOURS] AND HALF-TOKI, THE CURVES ALLOWING FOR THEIR VARYING LENGTHS ACCORDING TO THE MONTHS
7.1CM. DIAM.
EDO PERIOD (MID-19TH CENTURY)
THE 2¼IN. DIAL OF SILVERED BRASS WITH NAMI-GATA [WAVE-LINE] DESIGN AND THE TWELVE SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC, THE CIRCULAR BRASS MECHANISM WITH A SINGLE TRAIN AND FUSéE MOVEMENT, FOUR TURNED POSTS, THE BALANCE WHEEL GUARD ENGRAVED WITH FLOWERING PLANTS, THE HAND IN THE FORM OF A PINE NEEDLE WHICH CAN BE MOVED THROUGH THE PINION TO ADJUST TO THE MONTHS OF THE YEAR REPRESENTED BY THE CONCENTRIC CIRCLES IN RELATION TO THEIR DAYLIGHT HOURS, THE CROSSING POINTS WITH THE CURVED LINES SHOW THE TOKI [HOURS] AND HALF-TOKI, THE CURVES ALLOWING FOR THEIR VARYING LENGTHS ACCORDING TO THE MONTHS
7.1CM. DIAM.
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