Pocket watch belonging to William Pitt the Younger

An image of Watches. Cylinder watch, in a silver pair case. Holmes, John, watchmaker, London. Penny, John, case maker, possibly, London. Full plate movement engraved 'J. Holmes Strand London no. 6526', cap engraved 'Jno Holmes Strand London no. 6526'. Balance cock, table pierced and engraved, rudimentary wings at neck, mask engraved on neck. blued steel end piece with diamond end stone, engraved foot. Brass balance. Slide plate engraved, silver regulation dial with radial Arabic figures 5 to 30. Pierced fusee iron post, steel case bolt with solid ears in slide in plate, nib in slot in brass edge. Worm and wheel set-up under barrel. Pillar plate with four turned pillars, with rib and tapered ends. Centre wheel recessed, third wheel under dial, third wheel bar. Third and fourth wheels crossed out in 6. Under dial scratched '5'. Fusee and chain, one lip on barrel, tangent set-up under barrel. High numbered train. Cylinder escapement, brass wheel. Train planted clockwise. Gilt brass edge, four feet. Gilt brass cap. Oval table engraved as above, regulator sector, winding pipe, barrel pod and polished steel clip. White enamel dial on copper, three feet. Radial Arabic 5 min. figures, ladder min. ring, radial short Roman chapters, inner ring. Gold, flat, spade hour and straight minute hand. Inner case: Gold, plain with body engraved with crest (heron, with anchor under one raised foot). Inside of body with London hallmark 1781 and maker's mark, incuse 'IP' scratch mark '1361' and '962' (raised edge of body, next to nib cut-out, cut away). Plain pendant and bow. Outer case: (A): Gold, plain, back engraved with crest, as inner, with 'W. Pitt' engraved below, and '1782' below that, inside stamped '327'. (Catch spring and push piece missing.). Height, inner case, 55.5 mm, diameter, inner case, 42 mm, thickness, inner case, 22.25 mm, height, outer case, 58 mm, diameter, outer case, 48 mm, thickness, outer case, 22.25 mm, diameter, movement (top plate), 34.5 mm, diameter, movement (pillar pl

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Watches. Cylinder watch, in a silver pair case. Holmes, John, watchmaker, London. Penny, John, case maker, possibly, London. Full plate movement engraved 'J. Holmes Strand London no. 6526', cap engraved 'Jno Holmes Strand London no. 6526'. Balance cock, table pierced and engraved, rudimentary wings at neck, mask engraved on neck. blued steel end piece with diamond end stone, engraved foot. Brass balance. Slide plate engraved, silver regulation dial with radial Arabic figures 5 to 30. Pierced fusee iron post, steel case bolt with solid ears in slide in plate, nib in slot in brass edge. Worm and wheel set-up under barrel. Pillar plate with four turned pillars, with rib and tapered ends. Centre wheel recessed, third wheel under dial, third wheel bar. Third and fourth wheels crossed out in 6. Under dial scratched '5'. Fusee and chain, one lip on barrel, tangent set-up under barrel. High numbered train. Cylinder escapement, brass wheel. Train planted clockwise. Gilt brass edge, four feet. Gilt brass cap. Oval table engraved as above, regulator sector, winding pipe, barrel pod and polished steel clip. White enamel dial on copper, three feet. Radial Arabic 5 min. figures, ladder min. ring, radial short Roman chapters, inner ring. Gold, flat, spade hour and straight minute hand. Inner case: Gold, plain with body engraved with crest (heron, with anchor under one raised foot). Inside of body with London hallmark 1781 and maker's mark, incuse 'IP' scratch mark '1361' and '962' (raised edge of body, next to nib cut-out, cut away). Plain pendant and bow. Outer case: (A): Gold, plain, back engraved with crest, as inner, with 'W. Pitt' engraved below, and '1782' below that, inside stamped '327'. (Catch spring and push piece missing.). Height, inner case, 55.5 mm, diameter, inner case, 42 mm, thickness, inner case, 22.25 mm, height, outer case, 58 mm, diameter, outer case, 48 mm, thickness, outer case, 22.25 mm, diameter, movement (top plate), 34.5 mm, diameter, movement (pillar pl

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Accession Number: M.1 & A-1852
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 981 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 137.73kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2013:12:18 13:06:33

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18th Century cylinder watch dial dial plate enamel enamelled English Fitz_AA Georgian gilt gilt brass gilt-brass gold John Holmes John Penny numbers numerals pocket watch timepiece watch William Pitt the Younger

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