Pocket Watches

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Watch of gold, c. 1700 - c. 1800

c. 1700 - c. 1800

Gold watch with white enamelled dial. On the case back in polychrome enamel is a representation of a lady near a birdcage from which a dove is flying. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-12854; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); measurements diameter 5.1 cm x height 6.9 cm x width…

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Watch of gold, c. 1750 - c. 1800 (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, BK-NM-12821)

c. 1750 - c. 1800

Gold watch with enamelled dial. Repoussé-worked on the outer case is a depiction of Moses in the rush basket. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-12821; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); measurements diameter 4 cm x diameter 4.6 cm x height 6 cm x depth 2.5 cm.

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Watch of gold, c. 1750 - c. 1800 (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, BK-NM-12864)

c. 1750 - c. 1800

Gold watch with white enamelled dial. On the back cover a decoration in polychrome enamel depicting a maiden at an altar of love. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-12864; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); measurements diameter 3.2 cm x height 4.6 cm x width 3.5 cm x depth 1.7 cm.

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Watch of gold, c. 1762 - c. 1763

c. 1762 - c. 1763

Gold watch with an enamelled dial. An embossed depiction of a man consulting an oracle (Aeneas) is on the outer case. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-12828; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); measurements diameter 4.2 cm x diameter 4.8 cm x height 6 cm x depth 2.7 cm.

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Watch of gold, c. 1769 - c. 1770

c. 1769 - c. 1770

Gold watch with enamelled dial. Repoussé-worked on the outer case is a depiction of a warrior with a woman. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-12827; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); measurements diameter 4.3 cm.

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Watch of gold, c. 1780 - c. 1781

c. 1780 - c. 1781

Gold watch with an enamelled dial. The back cover is plain. With key. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-12837; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); measurements diameter 3.9 cm. Museum record — Classification: jewellery; wrist watch. Original title: Horloge van goud.

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Watch of gold, c. 1785 - c. 1800 (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, BK-NM-12846)

c. 1785 - c. 1800

Gold repeating watch, with enamelled dial. On the back cover in an oval, a female bust in multicoloured enamel. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-12846; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); measurements diameter 4.1 cm x height 5.8 cm x width 4 cm x depth 1.8 cm.

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Watch of gold, c. 1785 - c. 1800 (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, BK-NM-12848)

c. 1785 - c. 1800

Gold watch, with enamelled dial. On the back cover, within an oval, a female bust in polychrome enamel. The oval is surrounded by small diamonds. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-12848; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal), diamond (mineral); measurements diameter 4.1 cm x diamete…

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Watch of gold, c. 1785 - c. 1800 (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, BK-NM-12852-A)

c. 1785 - c. 1800

Gold watch with white enamelled dial. On the case back is a representation of a gentleman and a lady near an altar. Suspended from chatelaine BK-NM-12852-B. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-12852-A; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); measurements diameter 5.4 cm x height 7.6 cm…

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Watch of gold, c. 1785 - c. 1800 (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, BK-NM-12863)

c. 1785 - c. 1800

Gold watch with white enamelled dial. On the case back is a representation in enamel of a child with a dog before an altar with doves. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-12863; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); measurements diameter 4.3 cm x height 5.8 cm x width 4.2 cm x depth…

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Watch of gold, c. 1792 - c. 1893

c. 1792 - c. 1893

Gold watch with enamelled dial. The hands are openworked and set with diamonds. Chased into the outer case is a depiction of an allegory of marriage. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-12820; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal), diamond (mineral); measurements diameter 4.1 cm x dia…

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Watch of gold, c. 1800 - c. 1850 (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, BK-NM-12849)

c. 1800 - c. 1850

Gold watch with a white enamelled dial. On the back, a representation in polychrome enamel of two girls at an altar on which rests a flaming heart. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-12849; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); measurements diameter 4.2 cm x height 6 cm x width 4.1…

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Watch of gold, c. 1800 - c. 1850 (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, BK-NM-12870)

c. 1800 - c. 1850

Gold watch with an engraved and hatched dial. Along the front and back covers a border of pearls. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-12870; its record gives material recorded as pearl, gold (metal); measurements diameter 3.9 cm x height 5.2 cm x width 3.9 cm x depth 1.3 cm.

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Watch of gold, c. 1800 - c. 1900 (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, BK-NM-12834)

c. 1800 - c. 1900

This object is a gold repeating watch, categorized in museum records under both jewellery and wrist watch classifications. In terms of design, the piece features an enamelled dial set within a plain exterior case. No inscriptions, legends, or other textual markings are documented on the watch. The recorded material…

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Watch of gold, c. 1800 - c. 1900 (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, BK-NM-12836)

c. 1800 - c. 1900

Gold repeating watch. The dial consists of a small, white-enamelled chapter ring amidst an openwork scene of a man and a woman striking two bells. The back cover is engine-turned. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-12836; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); measurements diameter 5…

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Watch of gold, c. 1800 - c. 1900 (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, BK-NM-12847)

c. 1800 - c. 1900

Gold watch, with enamelled dial. On the case back in an oval is a portrait of a masked woman. The case is false. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-12847; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); measurements diameter 4.3 cm x height 6.4 cm x width 4.2 cm x depth 2 cm.

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Watch of gold, c. 1800 - c. 1900 (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, BK-NM-12862)

c. 1800 - c. 1900

Gold watch with white enamelled dial. On the case, chased decoration à quatre couleurs and a polychrome enamelled medallion with nymphs at a fountain. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-12862; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); measurements diameter 4.2 cm x height 6 cm x width 4…

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Watch of gold, c. 1840 - c. 1860 (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, BK-NM-12844)

c. 1840 - c. 1860

Gold watch with engraved silver dial. The case back is decorated with engraved ornament. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-12844; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal), silver (metal); measurements diameter 4.7 cm x height 7 cm x width 4.7 cm x depth 1.3 cm.

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Watch of gold, c. 1840 - c. 1860 (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, BK-NM-12845)

c. 1840 - c. 1860

Gold watch with enamelled dial. The back cover is engraved and hatched. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-12845; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); measurements diameter 4.5 cm x height 6 cm x width 4.5 cm x depth 0.9 cm.

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Watch of gold, c. 1840 - c. 1860 (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, BK-NM-12883)

c. 1840 - c. 1860

Watch of gold with silver dial and lobed case. The front lid is smooth and the back lid is decorated alternately with enamel and pearls. With chain ?. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-12883; its record gives material recorded as pearl, gold (metal), silver (metal); measurements diameter 4.4 cm…

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Watch of gold, c. 1850 - c. 1900

c. 1850 - c. 1900

Gold watch with white-enamelled dial. On the back cover a decoration in translucent enamel with, in the centre, a medallion with roses and forget-me-nots. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-12866; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); measurements diameter 4.8 cm x height 6.8 cm x w…

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Watch of silver, c. 1700

c. 1700

Watch, repeating watch, of silver. With a spherical openwork case back featuring an enamelled oval with Cupid. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-15007; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); measurements diameter 5.7 cm x height 8.1 cm x width 5.7 cm x depth 3.4 cm.

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Watch of silver, c. 1700 - c. 1725

c. 1700 - c. 1725

This object is a silver watch, classified in the collection records as jewellery and as a wrist watch. The piece features a chased dial equipped with a date display. A scene is chased into the outer case of the watch. No inscriptions or legends are recorded in the catalogue description. The watch is recorded as bei…

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Watch of silver, c. 1780

c. 1780

Watch, repeating watch, of silver. On the back cover is a medallion containing a monogram of the letters S.L.M. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-15013; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal), glass; measurements diameter 4.4 cm x height 6.3 cm x width 4.4 cm x depth 2 cm.

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Watch of silver, c. 1800 - c. 1850

c. 1800 - c. 1850

Watch of silver. On the enamelled dial is a depiction of a hunting scene. The separate outer case is covered with tortoiseshell. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-12816; its record gives material recorded as tortoise shell, silver (metal); measurements diameter 4.9 cm.

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Watch of silver, c. 1800 - c. 1900

c. 1800 - c. 1900

Silver watch, with cylinder escapement and with a white-enamelled dial. On it are 2 chapter rings with Roman numerals and 1 with Arabic numerals. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-14994; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); measurements diameter 4.6 cm x height 6.5 cm x width 4.6 c…

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Watch of silver, c. 1850

c. 1850

Watch of silver, with verge escapement. The case back is engine-turned. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-15000; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique engine turning; measurements diameter 5.5 cm x height 7.3 cm x width 5.5 cm x depth 2.2 cm.

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Watch of silver, c. 1860

c. 1860

Watch of silver, with verge escapement and white enamelled dial. The back cover is plain. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-14997; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); measurements diameter 5.2 cm x height 7.5 cm x width 5.2 cm x depth 2 cm.

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Watch of silver, c. 1865

c. 1865

Watch of silver, with verge escapement and white enamelled dial. The case back is engine-turned with the exception of a medallion with tendrils and foliate ornament. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-14998; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique engine turning; measurements…

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Watch of silver, c. 1870

c. 1870

Watch of silver, with duplex escapement and white enamelled dial. The back and front covers are engine-turned. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-14996; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique engine turning; measurements diameter 5.1 cm x height 7.1 cm x width 5.1 cm x depth…

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Watch of silver, c. 1880

c. 1880

Watch of silver, with white enamelled dial. The case back is engine-turned. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-14999; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique engine turning; measurements diameter 4.6 cm x height 6.9 cm x width 4.6 cm x depth 1.6 cm.

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Watch of silver, oval

c. 1800 - c. 1900

Oval silver watch with chased dial. The case is engraved with Christ with Mary and the Good Samaritan. The watch is an imitation of an early 17th-century watch. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-12811; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); measurements height 7.7 cm x width 3.8 c…

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Watch stand, 1775-1799

1775-1799

Carved and gilt wood watch stand in the form of a tripod vase and cover. The vase is decorated with guilloche and gadroon ornament and three rosettes. It has a circular opening for a watch and has three scrolled supports with rams' heads at the top and money ornament and foliage below. These supports rest on a trian…

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Watch stand, Niderviller pottery and porcelain factory, ca. 1755

ca. 1755

Watch stand, tin-glazed earthenware, surmounted by a figure of Bacchus, Niderviller pottery and porcelain factory, France, about 1755. Watch stand, tin-glazed earthenware, of elaborate pierced rococo scrollwork form, surmounted by a figure of Bacchus. The museum record gives material recorded as earthenware; place a…

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Watch with a Chased Scene of the Wedding at Cana

c. 1783 - c. 1785

Round pocket watch with engraved and chased gold case and embossed gold outer case. The latter decorated with the depiction of the Wedding at Cana. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-12514; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); technique ciselure; measurements diameter 5.5 cm.

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Watch with a Classical Bust

c. 1660 - c. 1690

A watch with an enamelled dial and case with a helmeted female bust on the outside and a white and black ornament on a blue ground on the inside. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-7316; its record gives material recorded as iron (metal), copper (metal); measurements diameter 3.5 cm.

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Watch with a Demimondaine

c. 1775 - c. 1800

Gold watch with brass chain. On the case, a woman's portrait in enamel, decorated with stones. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-VBR-360; its record gives material recorded as copper (metal), gold (metal); measurements diameter 4 cm.

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Watch with a Lady and a Monk

c. 1775 - c. 1800

Gentleman's watch, with verge escapement, of gold, with a pair case. On the outer case, an enamel painting depicting a monk with a drinking bowl and a woman. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-15039; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); measurements diameter 4.5 cm.

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Watch with a Lady and a Priest

c. 1750

Gold watch with white enamelled dial. On the back cover in multicoloured enamel a depiction of a lady and a priest. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-12859; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); measurements diameter 4.2 cm.

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Watch with a Marriage Celebration

c. 1750 - c. 1800

Gold watch with two outer cases. Marked on the movement plate: Wilter London 3006. On the gold outer case, a repoussé figurative scene of a marriage celebration. A young man (followed by an old man) steps before a woman, behind whom stands another woman. Between the main figures is a dog. The second outer case is ma…

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Watch with a painted floral enamel case in the Blois style

The case of this watch is finely enamelled in the floral style which was superbly executed in Paris and Blois in the middle of the seventeenth century. The enamelled centre of the dial is similar to designs for dials in his Livre de fleurs propres pour Orfèvres et Graveurs published by Jacques Vauquer (1621-86) in B…

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Watch with a Plain Silver Case

c. 1725

Silver watch with separate unadorned case. The dial is divided into two semicircles; the upper one is occupied by Roman hour numerals and a rotating disc with a depiction of the sun, moon, and stars; the lower one, with jumping date and chased scrollwork on a granulated ground, is marked: G. Bramer Amsterdam. The Ar…

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Watch with a Tooled Outer Case

c. 1710

Pocket watch, silver outer case pierced and chased with openwork, inner case ditto, silver dial, with alarm, fusee-and-chain movement, engraved spring barrel, marked: P. Clock, Amsterdam. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-3201; its record gives material recorded as silver (metal); technique draw…

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Watch with alarm by Nicholas Vallin, British, London, ca. 1600

ca. 1600

Watch with alarm made by Movement by Nicholas Vallin (Flemish, active ca. 1590–died 1603), dated ca. 1600, from British, London. The museum records its materials as: Case: gilded brass, slver; movement: gilded brass, with an alarm train of iron. Recorded dimensions: Diameter: 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm).

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Watch with Alarm, c. 1725 - c. 1735

c. 1725 - c. 1735

Pocket watch, with shagreen case and silver pins, silver outer case, pierced with animal and plant motifs, inner case ditto, silver dial with alarm ring, marked: Paulus Bramer, Amsterdam. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-3202; its record gives material recorded as sharkskin, silver (metal); mea…

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Watch with Amphitrite

c. 1730 - c. 1750

Watch of gold in an embossed case bearing a depiction of Amphitrite in the triumphal chariot. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-7863; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); measurements width 5 cm x height 3 cm x depth 6.

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Watch with an Allegory of Crowned Fame

c. 1825 - c. 1835

Gold watch with a white enamelled dial. On the back, in polychrome enamel, a representation of two women with a globe. The glass front bezel is decorated with filigree and white stones. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-NM-12853-A; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); technique filig…

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Watch with an embossed scene of a warrior paying homage to a queen

1738

Gold watch. On the case is an embossed scene of a warrior paying homage to a queen. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-VBR-353; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); measurements diameter 4.6 cm x height 6.1 cm x width 4.6 cm x depth 2.6 cm.