Renaissance pocket watch in the form of a tulip
Important and rare one-handed pre-balance verge pocket watch in the form of a tulip bud, signed Jean Rousseau.
Important and rare one-handed pre-balance verge pocket watch in the form of a tulip bud, signed Jean Rousseau (1606 – 1684). He is from a renowned watchmaking family in Geneva.
Now in the Patek Philippe Museum, Geneva, Switzerland.
Geneva, ca. 1650.
Diameter : 37 x 29 mm.