English verge alarm coach watch

An image of Verge alarm coach watch. Movement: Thomas Windmills, London, c. 1725; case probably by Sarah Jaques and John Lee, London. Movement: brass, silver and steel, engraved ‘Thomas Windmills LONDON 7303’. Dial: silver champlevé with blued steel hour and minute hands. Case: silver, pierced and chased with four repoussé panels from Aesop’s Fables. Interior stamped with maker’s mark incuse ‘SI IL’. Case: height 13.9 cm, diameter 12.6 cm, depth 6.1 cm, circa 1725. London.

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Verge alarm coach watch. Movement: Thomas Windmills, London, c. 1725; case probably by Sarah Jaques and John Lee, London. Movement: brass, silver and steel, engraved ‘Thomas Windmills LONDON 7303’. Dial: silver champlevé with blued steel hour and minute hands. Case: silver, pierced and chased with four repoussé panels from Aesop’s Fables. Interior stamped with maker’s mark incuse ‘SI IL’. Case: height 13.9 cm, diameter 12.6 cm, depth 6.1 cm, circa 1725. London.

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Accession Number: M.109-1961
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Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 11/1

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18th Century champleve coach clock watch dial English John Lee metalwork Sarah Jaques silver steel Thomas Windmills timepiece verge watch watch watch face

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