Calendar Watch
Artist
Maker unknown
(Swiss)
Datec. 1800
MediumGold, enamel, steel
Dimensions41.3 x 41.3 x 9.5 mm
ClassificationsT&E FOR TIMEKEEPING
Credit LineProctor Collection, Thomas R. Proctor Watch Collection
Object numberPC. 394
DescriptionGold calendar watch in the form of a heartmvt: gilt, heart shaped plates conforming to the outline of the case, going barrel, wheelsof train recessed into plates, pillar with aperture for regulation and winding and setting squares, calendar driven from motion work by wheel on backplate, polished steel balance bridge with spiral arms, rim of balance set with pastes
Swiss
Case: Heart shaped, engraved with basket of flowers and birds and with flowering vines (formerly enamelled, three glazed bezels to view calendar and time dials and polished steel balance wheel with spiral arms.
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Label TextFor everyday and special occasions at the end of the eighteenth century, women chose what was referred to as "sentimental" jewelry such as lockets and pendants that were often fashioned in the shape of a heart. This watch is open-faced and features two timekeeping dials--the larger marking hours and minutes, the smaller displaying a day-of-the-month calendar. The engraved decoration includes a pansy. In the nineteenth-century "language of flowers" the pansy signaled the viewer to "think of me."
