IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 201825 accession number: M.72 & A-1984 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Wednesday 10 June 2015 updated: Wednesday 28 March 2018 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: 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. title: watch LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Given by Mrs A. H. Laurie, though The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/201825 CATEGORIES ------ category: watches DATING ------ creation date: 1880 - 1880 creation date earliest: 1880 creation date latest: 1880 culture: 19th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown