Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Watch, Pocket |
Catalog Number |
83.82.932 |
Collection |
Watch |
Date |
c. 1709 |
Description |
Pocket watch in probably later gilt single brass case, originally may have been covered with tortoise shell. Later white enamel dial, Roman numeral hours inside Arabic numeral minutes at 5s. Later minute hand, gold hour hand. Full plate, fusee, verge escapement, 3-arm steel balance, pierced and engraved cock and foot with small mask, diamond endstone, Tompion regulator, Egyptian pillars, pierced fusee stop support, set-up regulator between barrel and pillar plate, winds through dial at 3:30 (possibly a later modification), top plate engraved in block letters "T. Tompion, London, 4198", C 1709 From the James Arthur Exhibit at HSNY: The movement is signed and numbered, and has an engraved balance cock with a large diamond endstone. The gilt brass case would have initially had a tortoiseshell or leather casing. Tomppion is considered to be the "father of English watchmaking" and was known for making high-quality movements and establishing the standard in creating a serial numbering system and making watches with fewer diferences within the same series. |
Maker |
Thomas Tompion |
Place of Origin |
London, England, United Kingdom |
Notes |
6 slides in slide cabinet 1 |