Quarter-repeating, Jacquemart Watch
Artist
Maker unknown
(Swiss)
Date1800-1825
MediumSilver; yellow, green, and rose gold; diamond, enamel, steel
Dimensions82.6 x 54 x 22.2 mm
ClassificationsT&E FOR TIMEKEEPING
Credit LineProctor Collection, Frederick T. Proctor Watch Collection
Object numberPC. 137
DescriptionSilver quarter repeating jacquemart watchSwiss
CASE: plain engine turned radiating from vacant oval
MVT: gilt full plate, bridge pierced with scrolls, ruby endstone in polished steel chaton, silvered regulation disc, repeating on wire gongs by depressing pendant
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Label TextOn this watch varicolored-gold, mythological figures of the goddess Ceres and the god Apollo, each wielding a hammer, are applied on either side of the dial. When the pendant is pressed, their hammers strike bells above the dial.
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