Escapement Watch
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1777
This watch is among the earliest known by the famous Parisian watchmaker Jean Anthoine Lépine. The number under the dial is a serial number; an example that can be dated with certainty thanks to the marks in the case (Paris, 1778) is numbered 3 053 (Auction Auctorem Geneva, 10-4-1992, no.
111); another numbered 2 025 has hallmark marks for 1777 (Chapiro 1988, p. 44). The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as BK-2014-8; its record gives material recorded as diamond (mineral), glass, gold (metal), silver (metal), metal; measurements height 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
- diamond (mineral), glass, gold (metal), silver (metal), metal
- Dimensions
- hoogte 5 cm · height 5 cm
- Measurements
- height 5 cm
Identification
- Original title
- Spilhorloge
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- BK-2014-8
- Museum classification
- pocket watch
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.