alarm watch;
wrist-watch
- Museum number
- 1958,1201.1883
- Description
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MOVEMENT OF A CYLINDER WRIST-WATCH WITH WRIST-PRICKING ALARM.
Going barrel. Cylinder escapement.
Alarm mechanism partly missing.
Motion work missing.
Dial missing.
Hands missing.
Case missing.
TRAIN COUNT:
Going train:
Great wheel 74 teeth,
Second wheel 58 teeth, pinion 10 leaves
Third wheel 52 teeth, pinion 6 eaves
Fourth wheel 50 teeth, pinion 6 leaves
Escape wheel 13 teeth
Alarm train:
Great wheel 54 teeth
Second wheel 38 teeth, pinion 6 leaves
Third wheel 30 teeth, pinion 6 leaves
Fourth wheel 30 teeth, pinion 6 leaves
Fifth wheel - missing
Sixth pinion - missing
- Production date
- mid 19thC
- Dimensions
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Length: 28.70 millimetres
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Thickness: 7.70 millimetres
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Width: 21.60 millimetres
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- Curator's comments
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Rather than having a bell, the alarm on this watch employs a small pin which gently taps the users wrist in a fast irregular rhthym, (three taps then two taps, then three taps then two taps and so on).
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There is a bracelet watch with similar wrist-prick alarm mechanism in the Musée international d'horlogerie, which can be seen in 'The alarm wristwatch : the history of an undervalued feature' / Michael Philip Horlbeck, 2007, p12, and 'Musée International d'horlogerie, catalogue of selected pieces' / Catherine Cardinal, 2002, p. 230/231.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
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Latest: 3 (10 May 2019)
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5 (Aug 2018) active rust on balance arbor
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3 (2017)
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3 (1994)
- 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
- 1958,1201.1883
- Additional IDs
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: CAI.1883 (Ilbert Collection)
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: Q183 (Ilbert Ledger)
