Pair-case quarter-repeating watch
DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1770–72
Pair-case quarter-repeating watch — The Metropolitan Museum of Art object 17.190.1440a, b. Dated by the museum: ca. 1770–72. Maker recorded by the museum: John Champion.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 3
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Materials museum
- Outer case: glass and gold set with diamonds, pearls, emeralds, and rubies; Inner case: gold; Dial: white enamel with black painted Chinese characters and blued steel hands; Movement: gilded brass and partly blued steel
- Dimensions museum
- Overall (outer case, confirmed): 1 13/16 × 1 13/16 × 7/8 in. (4.6 × 4.6 × 2.2 cm); Overall (watch, with bail, confirmed): 2 3/8 × 1 9/16 × 7/8 in. (6.1 × 3.9 × 2.3 cm); Diameter (back plate): 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm)
Identification
- Museum department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Museum object name
- Pair-case quarter-repeating watch
- Museum object number
- 17.190.1440a, b
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
- Research required: this record describes a single museum object; confirm the wider type, maker attribution and specifications against horological references.