Pocket watch with repeating mechanism
Also known as: ceas de buzunar cu repetiție
Record status
Individual type · partial
Pocket watch with repeating mechanism is held by Nicolae Simache Clock Museum. Museum description: Watch with gold case, with two casebacks; one gold caseback, decorated with stylized plant motifs, and one made of base metal; enamelled dial with Arabic numerals for the hours, minute markers, and two hands; above the numeral 6 the watchmakers' initials R. &.
C; at the edge on a cobalt blue enamel background, two Jacquemarts-type figures; manually wound movement; verge escapement; quarter, half, and hour repeating system; on the protective cover of the movement and on the movement the inscription Robert / Courvorsier; serial number 86285. The museum record gives measurements D=45 cm; W(case)=30.79 g; C=18 K. These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
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- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- gold; metal; enamel paint; engraving process
- Dimensions
- D=45 cm; G(carcasă)=30,79 g; C=18 K
Identification
- Europeana id
- /2048047/Clasate_65678f0e716642fcbd8cf04d4b8b1e4a
- Museum object name
- ceas de buzunar cu repetiție
- Holding institution
- Nicolae Simache Clock Museum
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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