IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 201781 accession number: M.1 & A-1852 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Tuesday 9 June 2015 updated: Friday 24 August 2018 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Cylinder watch, in a silver pair case. MOVEMENT: 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. BRASS EDGE: Gilt brass, four feet. CAP: Gilt brass. Oval table engraved as above, regulator sector, winding pipe, barrel pod and polished steel clip. DIAL: White enamel on copper, three feet. Radial Arabic 5 min. figures, ladder min. ring, radial short Roman chapters, inner ring. HANDS: 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.) title: watch NOTES ----- type: history note value: The watch belonged to William Pitt in 1782. LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Given by The Right. Hon. R. A. Christopher STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/201781 CATEGORIES ------ category: watches DATING ------ creation date: 1781 - 1781 creation date earliest: 1781 creation date latest: 1781 culture: 18th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Holmes, John maker: Penny, John CITATIONS -------- Antiquarian Horology, volume 27 London Goldsmiths, 1697-1837: Their marks and lives, from original registers at Goldsmiths' Hall and other sources Britten's Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/large_M_1_20_26_20A_1852_1_201312_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 981 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/mid_M_1_20_26_20A_1852_1_201312_amt49_dc2.jpg height: 479 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: 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