Traveling clock watch with alarm, Thomas Tompion, ca. 1680
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1680
Traveling clock watch with alarm made by Thomas Tompion (British, 1639–1713), dated ca. 1680, from British, London. The museum records its materials as: Case and dial: silver; Movement: gilded brass, partly blued steel, silver. Recorded dimensions: Overall (case): 5 3/4 × 4 × 2 in. (14.6 × 10.2 × 5.1 cm); Diameter (back plate): 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds this object as 17.190.1512; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Medium
- Case and dial: silver; Movement: gilded brass, partly blued steel, silver
- Materials
- Case and dial: silver; Movement: gilded brass, partly blued steel, silver
- Dimensions
- Overall (case): 5 3/4 × 4 × 2 in. (14.6 × 10.2 × 5.1 cm); Diameter (back plate): 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)
- Dimensions
- Overall (case): 5 3/4 × 4 × 2 in. (14.6 × 10.2 × 5.1 cm); Diameter (back plate): 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)
Identification
- Culture
- British, London
- Date recorded
- ca. 1680
- Maker recorded
- Watchmaker: Thomas Tompion (British, 1639–1713)
- Museum attribution
- Thomas Tompion
- Museum object name
- Traveling clock watch with alarm
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Museum object number
- 17.190.1512
Catalogue references
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Research required
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