stop-watch;
calendar watch
- Museum number
- 1958,1201.171
- Description
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MOVEMENT OF A VERGE WATCH WITH DATE INDICATOR.
Calendar missing.
Dial and hands missing but would have had subsidiary seconds dial.
Verge escapement; going barrel with stopwork under.
TRAIN-COUNT.
Gt wheel 64
2nd wheel 64/8
3rd wheel 60/8
Contrate wheel 48/8
Crown wheel 15/6
- Production date
- 1676-1678
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 40.30 millimetres
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Height: 20.90 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The stop work in this watch is similar to that found in a watch by Louis Orrery, BM number 1958,1201.563
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Latest: 2 (1993)
- Acquisition date
- 1958
- Acquisition notes
- Following the successful acquisition of the celebrated Ilbert collection of clocks (1958,1006 collection), prints and other related materials made possible by the generous donation of funds by Gilbert Edgar CBE Ilbert's watches were then acquired using funds provided by Gilbert Edgar, public donations and government funds.
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1958,1201.171
- Additional IDs
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: CAI.0171 (Ilbert Collection)
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: P209 (Ilbert Ledger)