A Short History Of Enamel Watches

Early watches had a metal dial. The earliest known watch with an enamel dial was made during the first half of the 1500s in France. France had many centers for this kind of crafts-manship, such as Blois, Chat-eaudun, Limoges and Or-leans. The historians be-lieve that the first enamellers came to Switzerland from these French areas sometime during the 1500s.
It was some time, however, before a fully enameled dial was used. In previous years, the metal dials had been decorated by engraving,

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