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Watch: M/P.39-1913

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Maker: Wurm, Carl

Entities

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Description

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/-/-'

Legal notes

Frank Gray Smart Bequest

Place(s) associated

  • Vienna ⪼ Austria

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1913-06-05) by Smart, Frank Gray

Dating

19th Century
Production date: circa AD 1800

Components of the work

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 or legends present

Inscription present: Partly defaced

  • Text: Carl Wurm in W- No. 648
  • Location: Movement
  • Method of creation: Engraved
  • Type: Maker's name
  • Text: '4128' and 'g/-/-'
  • Location: Inside case
  • Method of creation: Scratched
  • Type: Number

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: M/P.39-1913
Primary reference Number: 207170
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Audit data

Created: Monday 30 November 2015 Updated: Wednesday 14 March 2018 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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