Precision Watch with a Chronometer, Repeating Mechanism, and Chiming Mechanism
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1884
Gold men's watch, also a chronometer and equipped with a chiming mechanism. The dial has a seconds hand and a chronometer hand. On the outside of the back cover, the monogram HvB is applied in relief on a hatched ground.
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-1969-17; its record gives material recorded as gold (metal); measurements height 1.6 cm x diameter 5.5 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
- gold (metal)
- Dimensions
- height 1.6 cm x diameter 5.5 cm · hoogte 1,6 cm x diameter 5,5 cm
- Measurements
- height 1.6 cm x diameter 5.5 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Precisiehorloge met chronometer, repetitiemechanisme en speelwerk
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-1969-17
- Museum classification
- jewellery · pocket watch · chronometer
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.