Current Location: In storage
Maker(s)
Maker:
Chevalier & Compe
Entities
Categories
Description
Verge watch in gold and enamel case.
MOVEMENT: Full plate movement engraved 'Chevalier & Compe 7699', and inscribed on dial 'Chevalier & Compagnie'. Balance bridge pierced with 'CHEVALIER' and engraved, polished steel coquette. Brass balance. Silver regulation dial engraved with 'Avance' and 'Retarde', plain blued steel hand. Plain fusee cock and counter-potance. Plain turned fusee iron post. Polished steel case bolt, curved conical end. Adjustable potance. Counter-potance with polished steel end plate and adjustment screw to edge of plate. Pillar plate with four turned pillars, slighty tapered feet. Centre wheel recessed. Third wheel bridge. Under-dial, shallow centre recess, polished steel set-up click, scratched on plate '7699' over '5'. Fusee and chain, one lip on barrel, set-up click under dial. Verge escapement. Train planted anti-clockwise.
DIAL: White enamel on copper, convex, gilt edge, three feet, counter enamel inscribed '7699.' Vertical Arabic quarter figures, dotted minute ring, large dots at 5 mins., vertical Arabic chapters. 'Chevalise' under 12 and '& Compagnie' above 6 o'clock.
HANDS: Gold, beetle and poker.
CASE: Gold and enamel, consular. Plain edge, bezel with blue enamel ring with gold vine intertwined with white enamel strap. Similar band on back, white enamel band to slightly oval blue enamel band with intertwined gold lines and white enamel dots between. Centre very light blue with polychrome enamel painting of a gardener offering a rose to a lady. Rectangular pendant with blue enamel on the back and front, one edge stamped '2', plain overal stem to rectangular head, top stamped '7699'. Plain triangular section stirrup below.
Legal notes
Bequeathed by Frank Gray Smart
Components of the work
Movement
composed of
iron
silver
steel
brass (alloy)
Dial Edge
composed of
gilt
Dial, Case
composed of
enamel
Dial
composed of
copper
Hands
composed of
gold
Movement (top Plate)
Diameter 4.1 cm
Movement (pillar Plate)
Diameter 4.6 cm
Movement (dial)
Diameter 4.7 cm
Case
Diameter 5.4 cm
Height 6.6 cm
Thickness 2 cm
Movement (pillar)
Height 0.4 cm
Inscription or legends present
- Text: 'Chevalier & Compe 7699', and 'Chevalier & Compagnie'
- Location: Movement
- Method of creation: Engraved
- Type: Maker's name
- Text: '7699'
- Location: Movement, dial, case
- Method of creation: Engraved, scratched, stamped
- Type: Number
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: M/P.89-1913
Primary reference Number: 207256
No.: 7699
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Tuesday 8 December 2015
Updated: Wednesday 14 March 2018
Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
