Add a touch of timeless Parisian sophistication to your workspace with this Vintage French Mechanical Perpetual Flip Desk Calendar. Manufactured in France during the mid-century era, this luxury desk accessory seamlessly blends clever mechanical engineering with elegant brass aesthetics. Instead of batteries or digital screens, it relies entirely on a clever, gravity-fed internal mechanism to track the days—making it a captivating tactile experience and the ultimate conversation piece for your desk. Simply tilt the central rectangular housing completely upside down and right-side up to smoothly advance the number. It features the original instructional enamel text plate reading: "TOURNER DE HAUT EN BAS" (Turn from top to bottom). Two precision-knurled brass dials on the stepped base independently control the month and day wheels. The internal rollers display days and months abbreviated in French (e.g., "JUIL" for Juillet/July and "MAR" for Mardi/Tuesday). Features a beautiful, authentic aged brass patina with minor signs of surface wear consistent with age. We have left the original patina intact, but it can be polished to a high mirror shine if preferred. It measures 2" x 2" x2.5".
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