Barry Parker
09-05-2000, 01:38 PM
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by tickntock:
I have a silver watch with a beautifully decorated movement on the Chinese duplex style but it has a cylinder escapement. It is signed "BONNA GENEVE No. 2067" Any information?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Hi Jim,
The following information is mentioned in, "Swiss Timepiece Makers 1775 - 1975" by Kathleen H. Pritchard, and this is a brief summary of these references to your enquiry. Click on the link below for further information on this book.
http://www.horology.org/hib-stpm.html
Pritchard refers to BONNA FRERES, Geneve, but there is little information other than the names and dates of those people associated with the company.
Ami Bonna (b.1749)
Jean Antoine Bonna (1753-1801)
They were associated with;
Camille Mourier (1757-1824)Dissolved in 1789.
They then continued alone.
There is also a site which has quite a lot of general information on the "Chinese Market Watch" at; http://www.tsoft.com/~hbv/horology/chinese.html
Regards, Barry
I have a silver watch with a beautifully decorated movement on the Chinese duplex style but it has a cylinder escapement. It is signed "BONNA GENEVE No. 2067" Any information?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Hi Jim,
The following information is mentioned in, "Swiss Timepiece Makers 1775 - 1975" by Kathleen H. Pritchard, and this is a brief summary of these references to your enquiry. Click on the link below for further information on this book.
http://www.horology.org/hib-stpm.html
Pritchard refers to BONNA FRERES, Geneve, but there is little information other than the names and dates of those people associated with the company.
Ami Bonna (b.1749)
Jean Antoine Bonna (1753-1801)
They were associated with;
Camille Mourier (1757-1824)Dissolved in 1789.
They then continued alone.
There is also a site which has quite a lot of general information on the "Chinese Market Watch" at; http://www.tsoft.com/~hbv/horology/chinese.html
Regards, Barry