Maker: Unknown
Verge watch in gilt and enamel case. Forgery, marked 'Breguet a Paris'
MOVEMENT: Full plate movement engraved 'Breguet A PARIS'. Balance bridge with pierced table having eight spokes and scroll at outside, polished steel coquette. Brass balance. Silver regulator dial, engraved 'A' and 'R'. Plain fusee cock. Edge of back plate engraved with rope pattern. Turned fusee iron post, polished steel conical case bolt, in slot in case, spring under dial with push piece in slot in plate. Adjustable potance. Counter-potance with polished steel end piece and adjusting screw. Pillar plate with four turned pillars with one ring towards pillar plate, centre wheel recessed, third wheel bar. Joint riveted to pillar plate. Pillar plate stamped, on pillar side '8577', under dial face stamped 'AB F S'. Fusee and chain, set-up click under dial, one lip on barrel. Verge escapement. Train planted anti-clockwise.
DIAL: White enamel on copper, counter enamel inscribed '3', three feet. Minute circle of short lines, quarter marks of upright Arabic figure, 5 minute marks of dots, vertical Arabic chapters, winding hole at 2 o'clock.
HANDS: Brass arrow hour, fleur-de-lis hour.
CASE: Gilt brass with enamel back. Scene of couple standing, the man reading a sheet of paper with the woman leaning on his shoulder. Blue border and inner arch. Gold wire under glaze. Inside stamped 'ETON,' '8577', and five pointed star over incise 'PB'. Scratch marks 'Lggu 4 Ek/-' or 'L9904 Ek/-'
History note: Unknown before S.G. Perceval (1838-1922)
Spencer George Perceval Bequest, 1922
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1922) by Perceval, Spencer George
19th Century
Production date:
circa
AD 1820
Dial, Back Of Case
composed of
enamel
( white, on copper)
Case
composed of
gilt brass
Diameter 53.25 mm
Height 67.5 mm
Thickness 23 mm
Dial
composed of
copper
Movement
composed of
steel
Movement, Hands
composed of
brass (alloy)
Movement (back Plate)
Diameter 43.5 mm
Movement (pillar Plate)
Diameter 45.25 mm
Movement (pillar)
Height 4 mm
Dial, Case
Inscription present: AB conjoined
Accession number: PW.34-1923
Primary reference Number: 207303
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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