Repeating pocket watch
Also known as: ceas de buzunar cu repetiție
Record status
Individual type · partial
Repeating pocket watch is held by Nicolae Simache Clock Museum. Museum description: The piece features a double case, detachable and fixed; the first, made of tortoiseshell and gold, has a wavy edge decorated with four openwork medallions, with bands of stylized scrolls; the second case, made of engraved and pierced gold, has a floral medallion in the center and on the edge a decoration identical to the one on the first case; enameled dial, with Turkish numerals for hours and minutes, inscribed with the watchmaker's name and two hands; movement with barrel, fusee and chain, verge escapement; Tompion regulator, repeating mechanism for quarters, half-hours, and full hours with bell; pierced balance cock; on the cover and on the movement plate the inscriptions: “5350/ Dan St Leu /Watch.
Maker/ to her Majesty/London” - Dan (Daniel) de St. Leu, Watchmaker to Her Majesty, London; Turkish order.; notes: In the institution's archive, file 215/1965, p. 55, it is specified that the piece belonged to Prince Ioan Cara The museum record gives measurements D=70 mm; G case=31.83 cm; 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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Physical characteristics
- Material
- gold; tortoise shell; steel; brass; enamel paint; http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5712782;…
- Dimensions
- D=70 mm; G carcasă=31,83 cm; C=18 K
Identification
- Europeana id
- /2048047/Clasate_b7e1f0f4644e4c0f90c145ab0991d45c
- 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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