Repeating Watch with Chronometer
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1790 - c. 1810
Gentleman's watch, repeating watch, made of gold with a second case of tortoiseshell. The back cover is plain. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-15033; its record gives material recorded as tortoise shell, silver (metal); measurements diameter 5.3 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.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- tortoise shell, silver (metal)
- Dimensions
- kast: diameter 6 cm · horloge: diameter 5,3 cm · diameter 6 cm · diameter 5.3 cm
- Measurements
- diameter 5.3 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Repetitiehorloge met chronometer
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-15033
- Museum classification
- wrist watch · jewellery
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.