1592991133000 1449675509000 Standard Record object-207300 1755194570404 1714400672000 1755194515997 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-207300 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/207300 3d2a3b3b-4aa5-3b75-84b9-fee5e5065fcd 6 reference term-88414 adlib-term-88414 7ba86d11-7593-3188-9cdb-125ae0c4e5db watches reference term-107463 adlib-term-107463 0a123906-4c7d-3c55-abd8-e2305682cba1 Spencer George Perceval Collection white, enamel reference term-32638 adlib-term-32638 97b8d1a5-7b8f-3a2a-a275-7d001aeaae2b enamel reference term-39588 adlib-term-39588 b17ff981-06b2-30a2-b9a9-b514fe84a191 copper Dial reference term-28662 adlib-term-28662 dd47e505-ccda-3f2b-b576-6104109430e8 enamelling reference term-39593 adlib-term-39593 e3e2a3f8-2433-3f63-9bcf-e776644d312d gold reference term-40136 adlib-term-40136 28e1cd6e-7c25-339f-8cd2-2aaae536a0c5 steel Movement reference term-27662 adlib-term-27662 ef599247-8a54-3c72-b177-5ea918ef18dc polishing reference term-39778 adlib-term-39778 8bd60ed6-968d-3faf-8ad5-b4e4ee9bb245 silver Diameter mm 55 Height mm 68.25 Thickness mm 20.5 Case reference term-91170 adlib-term-91170 d49ca0b4-ccae-3039-afe0-882c186cff25 glass Inner Case Back Diameter mm 47 Movement (plate) Diameter mm 49 Movement (brass Edge) Movement, Hands reference term-120884 adlib-term-120884 398f5ccb-a942-3706-8d38-0ca5ab4970da bluing Applied Arts Lever watch signed in Chinese characters in silver case. In going order. MOVEMENT: Cocked movement, engraved Chinese characters 'Jing Xi' on plate. Balance cock with chased and engraved table and foot, skeleton wedge of pi table with regulation scale engraved on foot with 'F' and 'S' at ends. Polished steel regulator sprung on to boss over centre of balance. Blued steel end piece, secured by three screws, with red end stone. Steel balance with nine gold screws, three arms. Pallet and escape. cock with two jewels. Second, third and fourth cock, third and fourth holes jewelled, two fixing screws. Front plate with free standing barrel, plate stamped '39123' under dial. The going barrel is a "hanging barrel" (i.e. it has no upper pivot). Recessed ring stop-work. The fourth wheel, rotating once in a minute and carrying the seconds hand, is in the centre of the movement, instead of the second ("centre") wheel, as is usual. The second wheel appears to drive the minute hand through a train of two equal sized wheels, and has a square on its arbor, which can be turned from the back, by a key, in order to set the hands. Single roller, divided lift, lever with long tail escapement. The whole of the movement is elaborately engraved in the "montre Chinoise" style. BRASS EDGE: Deep with hinged glazed cuvette, stamped '23' on side. DIAL: White enamel on copper, slightly convex. Small radial Arabic quarters, 1/5th minute dots, radial line minute ring. Long thin radial Roman chapters. HANDS: Blued steel, long thin centre seconds, spade hour and minute. CASE: Plain single backed silver. Inside back stamped with an oval cameo mark 'M P' between stars. Chinese characters 'Jing Xi' formed in horizontal lines in circle. Stamped '2' and '39123'. Inside body scratches '^VIIII'. The back opens by pressing the pendant. The back of the inner case is of glass, allowing the movement to be seen. KEY (A): Associated case brass, shield shaped handle with 'ABRECHT & Co. CALCUTTA' on one side and 'WATCH MAKERS AND JEWELLERS' on the other. PW.31-1923 1 accession number PW.31-1923 207300 priref 207300 no. 37123 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/207300 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/207300 movement, outer case engraved 'Jing Xi' inscription movement and case stamped '39123' number brass edge stamped '23' number inside body scratched '^VIIII' mark key handle sides 'ABRECHT & Co. CALCUTTA' and 'WATCH MAKERS AND JEWELLERS' inscription reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Spencer George Perceval Bequest, 1922 reference agent-151972 adlib-agent-151972 a004cfc5-52e8-3956-a6a6-7c2db8044ad8 Perceval, Spencer George 1922 1922 1922 bequeathed 1830 1830 CE 1830 1830 1840 1 1840 CE 1840 1840 maker reference agent-149652 adlib-agent-149652 0d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98 Unknown reference term-106853 adlib-term-106853 25492eb4-1164-35eb-8dce-3601486f3415 19th Century reference term-106664 adlib-term-106664 3f00e45a-6697-3674-8a8d-06fc21438ee7 literal Switzerland Switzerland country Switzerland reference term-88053 adlib-term-88053 53616c4d-e4e2-36e8-b051-667220338d22 watch history note Unknown before S.G. Perceval (1838-1922) reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum 26 reference publication-8385 adlib-publication-8385 1fbdd3a9-2bd0-3379-b05a-069946a155a7 Archives de l'Horlogerie. Le Partie Marques de fabrique. Volume 1. 1880-1891 reference publication-8384 adlib-publication-8384 110ff677-2f7a-3157-8651-d0a102181ebe La Montre Chinoise - Relations de l'Horlogerie Suisse avec la Chine

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