quarter-repeating watch;
watch-case
- Museum number
- 1994,0611.6
- Description
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SILVER PAIR CASED VERGE WATCH WITH QUARTER REPEAT [CASE NOT ORIGINAL].
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Full-plate with four square baluster pillars.
Barrel with tangent screw set-up between the plates.
Fusee with chain and standard stop-work.
Four-wheel train.
Verge escapement with steel 3-arm balance; spiral balance spring with geared regulation, the silver index disc engraved 5-35. Pierced and engraved gilt-brass balance bridge with a steel coqueret and ruby endstone.
Pendant-operated quarter-repeat.
White enamel dial, hours I-XII, minutes 5-60.
Winds through dial.
Pierced gold hands not original.
Silver pair cases pierced and engraved with foliate scrolls, the outer repoussé depicting Diana with hounds, a nymph and a stag. Neither case is original. The bell is missing.
- Production date
- 1760-1770
- Dimensions
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Diameter: 41 millimetres (dial)
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Diameter: 44.50 millimetres (inner case)
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Diameter: 53.30 millimetres (outer case)
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Thickness: 29.20 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Latest: 4 (2017)
- Acquisition date
- 1994
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1994,0611.6
