Revolution clock
During the time of the French Revolution (from 1789) the royal symbols on a Comtoise clock were no longer wanted. Here the Gallic rooster was sawn off and the folded hands were inserted as a sign of brotherhood (Fraternité).
The French Revolution introduced the metric system to replace the previous, regionally different and unwieldy units of measurement. The redesign was based on a decimal system and was completed with the legal definition of the meter on December 10, 1799, based on a measurement of the earth's circumference. The time should also be decimalized (see next page).
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