Watch with portrait of Friedrick Wilhelm, the Great Elector
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
case ca. 1688, movement ca. 1750
Watch with portrait of Friedrick Wilhelm, the Great Elector made by Johann G. Racine (Swiss, active Berlin, recorded 1748) Enameler: Case maker: Jean-Pierre Huaud, known as the younger Huaud (Swiss, 1655–1723), dated case ca.
1688, movement ca. 1750, from Swiss, Geneva case with German, Berlin movement. The museum records its materials as: Case: painted enamel on gold; Movement: brass and steel. Recorded dimensions: Diameter (case): 1 9/16 in. (4 cm); Diameter (back plate): 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds this object as 17.190.1522; 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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- Photograph views
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- Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics
- Medium
- Case: painted enamel on gold; Movement: brass and steel
- Dimensions
- Diameter (case): 1 9/16 in. (4 cm); Diameter (back plate): 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)
- Materials museum
- Case: painted enamel on gold; Movement: brass and steel
- Dimensions museum
- Diameter (case): 1 9/16 in. (4 cm); Diameter (back plate): 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)
Identification
- Culture
- Swiss, Geneva case with German, Berlin movement
- Date recorded
- case ca. 1688, movement ca. 1750
- Maker recorded
- Watchmaker: Johann G. Racine (Swiss, active Berlin, recorded 1748) Enameler: Case maker: Jean-Pierre Huaud, known as the younger Huaud (Swiss, 1655–1723)
- Museum department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Museum object name
- Watch
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Museum object number
- 17.190.1522
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.