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Wristwatch, Yaacov Agam, France, ca.1989

DocumentedSupported by at least one credible specialist source.

Record status

Individual type · partial

Period

ca.1989

Wristwatch, Yaacov Agam, France, ca.1989 is an object recorded by Victoria and Albert Museum, dated ca.1989. The museum's brief description reads: Steel, France and Switzerland, 1989; designed by Yaacov Agam (born 1928) for a limited edition by Movado.

Museum description: Steel, the dial has a blackground beneath two thin discs of glass, each of which is decorated with a line of coloured dots to indicate either the hours or the minutes. The museum record gives material recorded as steel; measurements Length 20.4 cm; Diameter 3 cm; Depth .4 cm; place associated: France, Switzerland; maker recorded: Yaacov Agam. These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.

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Physical characteristics

Material
steel
Dimensions
Length 20.4 cm; Diameter 3 cm; Depth .4 cm

Technical characteristics

Technique
steel
Maker recorded
Yaacov Agam
Place recorded
France, Switzerland

Design

Inscriptions recorded
Agam's signature on back of watch case; Engraved MOVADO WATCH CO. c 1989 Agam 84-40-886, HC 8/9

Identification

Museum attribution
Yaacov Agam
Museum object name
Wristwatch
Museum object number
M.2:1-4-1991
Museum system number
O153831

Catalogue references

No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.

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