Memento mori watch
Memento mori watch, skull on chain, with silver coins from different periods between 1628 and 1802; the skull possibly silver, to be opened, inside watch with enamel dial, Roman numbers and iron finger; one wind-up hole; gilded bronze movement; signed Moricano, Geneve. Function not tested; damages. Top of skull monogrammed. 17th/19th Century. Total length 16cm.
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Memento mori watch, skull on chain, with silver coins from different periods between 1628 and 1802; the skull possibly silver, to be opened, inside watch with enamel dial, Roman numbers and iron finger; one wind-up hole; gilded bronze movement; signed Moricano, Geneve. Function not tested; damages. Top of skull monogrammed. 17th/19th Century. Total length 16cm.