A RARE DOXA OPEN-FACE AUTOMATON SILVER POCKET WATCH.

Date: Circa 1920's
Movement: Signed Doxa, Locle, compensated balance
Dial: Black Arabic numerals, black hands.
Case: Signed, open-face silver
Size: 49.2mm

The polychrome-painted dial illustrates a typical Judaica scene with a rabbi reading pages from holy scriptures, possibly the Torah. The illustration is charged with religious symbols of great significance to Jewish practitioners, including a menorah (seven-branched candelabrum); the blue Star of David; and the Tablets of the Law inscribed with the Ten Commandments and Mount Sinai in the background, linked to the Book of Exodus a pivotal part of the Hebrew Bible. In modern times, many of these symbols have often been associated with Israel and its national emblems.