Repeater watch, Johann Wutky, ca. 1675–80
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1675–80
Repeater watch made by Johann Wutky (ca. 1690), dated ca. 1675–80, from Austrian, Breslau (Wrocław). The museum records its materials as: Case: pierced and incised brass, with silver dial; Movement: brass; steel, partly blued; and silver. Recorded dimensions: Diameter: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds this object as 17.190.1523; 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
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Medium
- Case: pierced and incised brass, with silver dial; Movement: brass; steel, partly blued; and silver
- Materials
- Case: pierced and incised brass, with silver dial; Movement: brass; steel, partly blued; and silver
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)
Identification
- Culture
- Austrian, Breslau (Wrocław)
- Date recorded
- ca. 1675–80
- Maker recorded
- Watchmaker: Johann Wutky (ca. 1690)
- Museum attribution
- Johann Wutky
- Museum object name
- Repeater watch
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Museum object number
- 17.190.1523
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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