Table watch from Governor-General Willem van Outhoorn

Silver table watch in a wooden case. The movement and the case, pierced with floral and foliate scrolls, are probably European. The lid, decorated with a putto among scrolls in relief, was likely made later in Batavia in 1694.

The movement is signed: Batavia 1694 Noel Pol. Pol was probably the donor or seller, not the maker. Attached to the watch is a double link chain terminating in a ring with a brass key. In the lid of the wooden case is an inset silver plaque with a depiction of Father Time and a motto. Richly decorated silver lockplates and hinge mounts. Originating from Governor-General Willem van Outhoorn (1635–1720), who bequeathed it to Jan Trip, the husband of his granddaughter Petronella Willemina van Hoorn.

After Trip's death, it came into her possession. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as AK-RAK-2017-24-1; its record gives material recorded as wood (plant material), copper (metal), silver (metal), metal; technique engraving; measurements diameter 11 cm x height 6 cm. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.