Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Maker:
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
Cylinder watch of Swiss manufacture in chased gold case.
MOVEMENT: Cocked movement not named. Balance cock with engraved scale and 'FAST' and 'SLOW' polished steel regulator, friction fit to polished steel jewelled seting. Gold balance. Third, fourth and escape, cocks jewelled. Central bridge with hand set pipe fixed with two screws. Barrel bridge with polished steel side click, winding pipe fixed with two screws, hung barrel. Under dial, double ended under plate for balance cock foot and balance with brass coquette and end stone. Third, fourth and escap. jewelled. Hung barrel with Geneva stop work (finger missing). Plate stamped '1' and '157229', barrel scratched 'HR 85'. Centre wheel above barrel. Cylinder escapement.
DIAL: Gold, two feet, dotted minute ring, circle black painted radial Roman chapters, matt centre chased with vase in centre. Back stamped 'FHDC' and 'G' also scratched.
HANDS: Blued steel double spade hour hand, spade minute hand.
CASE: Gold half hunter. Chased overall, cover with blue enamel chapter ring with white radial Roman chapters and dotted minute ring around small glass. Glass missing. Inside cover plain, stamped '29' and '18k' and maker's mark 'FM' in rectangle and '157229', and many repair scratches. Narrow snap-on bezel. Plain inner cover, inside stamped '157229' and incuse mark 'AC' inside oval frame, scratched '5010' near hinge. Spherical pendant stamped '18k', ring bow in red gold stamped '9/.375' and 'H&H' on one side.
KEY: Straight with ring handle, stamped '2'.
BOX (A): Rectangular box covered in grey leather.
Legal notes
Given by Mrs A. H. Laurie, though The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Components of the work
Dial, Case
composed of
enamel
Movement, Dial
composed of
gold
Movement, Hands
composed of
steel
Movement
composed of
brass (alloy)
Thickness 3.75 mm
Movement (outside)
Diameter 33.75 mm
Movement (casing)
Diameter 33 mm
Case
Diameter 37.5 mm
Height 44 mm
Thickness 10.25 mm
Box
Height 63 mm
Thickness 26 mm
Movement (over Pipes)
Thickness 5.5 mm
Hands
Inscription or legends present
- Text: '1' and '157229'
- Location: Movement
- Method of creation: Stamped
- Type: Numbers
- Text: 'HR 85'
- Location: Movement, barrel
- Method of creation: Scratched
- Type: Mark
- Text: 'FHDC' and 'G'
- Location: Dial, back
- Method of creation: Stamped
- Type: Mark
- Text: '29' and '18K'
- Location: Inside case
- Method of creation: Stamped
- Type: Number
- Text: 'FM' in rectangle
- Location: Inside case
- Type: Maker's mark
Inscription present: inside oval
- Text: 'AC'
- Location: Inside case
- Method of creation: Stamped
- Type: Mark
- Text: '5010'
- Location: Case
- Method of creation: Scratched
- Type: Number
- Text: '9/.375' and 'H&H'
- Location: Case
- Method of creation: Stamped
- Type: Mark
- Text: '2'
- Location: Key
- Method of creation: Stamped
- Type: Number
Identification numbers
Accession number: M.72 & A-1984
Primary reference Number: 201825
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Audit data
Created: Wednesday 10 June 2015
Updated: Wednesday 28 March 2018
Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
