Quarter-repeating Watch
Artist
Maker unknown
(European)
Date1820-1825
MediumGold, gilt metal, enamel, steel
Dimensions58.5 mm
ClassificationsT&E FOR TIMEKEEPING
Credit LineProctor Collection, Frederick T. Proctor Watch Collection
Terms
Object numberPC. 143
Descriptioncase: engine turned, lid split and repaired, switch for music (7)mvt: gilt in the style of Piguet and Meylan, standing barrels with steel stop work for music and going, flanked by shaped subplates for each train, steel levers for music on teh hour or on demand, silence/musique switch, music played on comb of 24 individual teeth by pinned disc supported in Y-shaped bracket, steel repeating work planted adjacent and activated by depressing pendant, wire gongs inside band
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