Maker: Wurm, Carl
Verge watch in gold and enamel case.
MOVEMENT: Full plate movement engraved 'Carl Wurm in W (the rest defaced) No. 648'. Balance bridge with pierced and engraved table, steel coquette. Brass balance. Silver regulation dial with 180 degree ladder scale with 'R' and 'A' at ends. Thin blued steel regulation hand. Plain turned fusee iron post. Case bolt with conical end sliding in plate, nib in slot under dial. Adjustable potance. Plain counter-potance, fixed by screw, polished steek end piece and adjustment screw. Pillar plate with four turned pillars, centre wheel recessed. Third wheel bridge. Fusee and chain, set-up ratchet under dial, barrel with one lip. Verge escapement. Train planted anti-clockwise.
DIAL: White enamel on copper, three feet. Radial line minute ring with 5 minute dots and three dots at quarters. Vertical Arabic chapters. Winding hole at 10.45
HANDS: Gold Louis XVI
CASE: Gold consular case. Movement joint at 9 o'clock. Plain body covered with gold and multi-coloured opaque and translucent enamel open work design of foliage and flowers. Bezel with applied applied filigree design of foliage and flowers. Pendant enamelled and with plain gold ring. Inside of case with scratched '4128' and 'g/-/-'
Frank Gray Smart Bequest
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1913-06-05) by Smart, Frank Gray
19th Century
Production date:
circa
AD 1800
Dial, Case
composed of
enamel
( on copper)
Fusee Post
composed of
iron
Dial
composed of
copper
Case
composed of
gold
Diameter 40.75 mm
Height 48.25 mm
Thickness 23.25 mm
Regulation Dial
composed of
silver
Movement
composed of
steel
Balance
composed of
brass (alloy)
Movement (back Plate)
Diameter 26 mm
Movement (pillar Plate)
Diameter 27.5 mm
Movement (pillar)
Height 2.75 mm
Movement, Hands
Inscription present: Partly defaced
Accession number: M/P.39-1913
Primary reference Number: 207170
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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