alarm watch;
watch-case
- Museum number
- 1958,1201.596
- Description
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SILVER AND TORTOISE-SHELL PAIR-CASED VERGE WATCH WITH ALARM [DIAL AND OUTER CASE NOT ORIGINAL].
Verge escapement.
Later silver dial.
Gilt hands, not original.
Silver inner case, pierced and engraved; pendant not original; silver and tortoise-shell outer case, not original.
- Production date
- 1670-1680
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 39.50 millimetres (dial)
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Diameter: 46.20 millimetres (inner case)
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Diameter: 52.10 millimetres (outer case)
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Thickness: 32.80 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Fusee chain was removed in 1994 and is stored separately. The fusee chain currently in the watch must therefore be a later replacement, though no record of its addition has been found.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
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Latest: 2 (Apr 2018) chain loose
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2 (Nov 1996)
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5 (Apr 1996) Heavy verdigris on case.
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4 (1994) Rust on alarm mainspring and fusee chain; very dirty.
- Acquisition date
- 1958
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1958,1201.596
- Additional IDs
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: A19/1 (Ilbert Ledger)
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: CAI.0596 (Ilbert Collection)
