quarter-repeating watch
- Museum number
- 1958,1201.63
- Description
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MOVEMENT, DIAL AND DUST CAP OF A VERGE WATCH WITH QUARTER REPEAT [DIAL NOT ORIGINAL].
Quarter-repeating watch.
Verge escapement.
Later enamel dial.
Hour wheel missing
- Production date
- 1699-1733
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 37.20 millimetres (dial)
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Height: 20.90 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- This watch has a jewelled balance pivots. The upper balance pivot has a small pierced red jewel (ruby?) set within a large brass chaton, with a large white endstone (diamond?) above mounted in a blued steel chaton (retained by two screws). The lower balance pivot has a pieced red stone (ruby?). The escape wheel is not jewelled.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
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Latest: 3 (Jun 2019)
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3 (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
- 1958,1201.63
- Additional IDs
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: CAI.0063 (Ilbert Collection)
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Previous owner/ex-collection number: M6 (Ilbert Ledger)