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Maker:
Seignior, Robert
Case maker:
Delander, Nathaniel
(Possibly)
Verge watch in gold pair case.
MOVEMENT: Full plate movement engraved 'Ro Seignior London'. Large balance cock with pierced and engraved table, with wide looped leaves and tendrils border (lace edge). Centre with three radial tulip form arms, foot pierced and engraved. Steel balance. Tompion regulator, silver regulation dial with radial Arabic numbers 1 to 4, single arrow arched round as pointer to dial. 'LXVI' scratched on plate. Pierced fusee iron post. Blued steel case bolt with flat decorative foot, nib through dial. Rectangular potance and counter potance with engraved sides, riveted to top plate. Pillar plate with four pierced pillars with rectangular feet. Fusee, with hollow square, and chain, endless screw set-up under barrel, worm having screwdriver slot, brass post one end and steel bridge at other, barrel with two lips. Verge escapement. Train planted anti-clockwise.
BRASS EDGE: Thin, very narrow, engraved, edge outside dial recess. No feet four holes to clear riveted pillar ends, three holes for dial feet, in line with holes in pillar plate.
DIAL: Gold, radial Roman chapters, ladder quarters ring with hour crosses and dots for half-hours. Centre and between chapters matted with ring punch.
HAND: Blued steel hour hand, straight with star at head and sickle tail.
INNER CASE: Gold, plain with circular brass cover over winding hole. Inside stamped with maker's mark 'ND' conjoined under coronet (5 points). HM London 1683. Scratch marks '10-2', '11-4' and '11-9', one under each other. Bezel was cut, now brazed. Cylindrical pendant with spherical top, plain ring bow.
OUTER CASE (A): Gold, fine, ten panelled, filigree body and bezel.
Frank Gray Smart Bequest
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1913-06-05) by Smart, Frank Gray
17th Century#
Production date:
AD 1683
Fusee Post
composed of
iron
Dial, Cases
composed of
gold
Movement, Hand
composed of
steel
Movement, Inner Case
composed of
brass (alloy)
Movement (pillar Plate)
Diameter 28.75 mm
Movement (top Plate)
Diameter 28 mm
Movement (brass Edge)
Diameter 29.5 mm
Inner Case
Diameter 34 mm
Height 41 mm
Thickness 20.25 mm
Outer Case
Diameter 38.25 mm
Height 43 mm
Thickness 21.5 mm
Movement (pillar)
Height 6.25 mm
Movement, Brass Edge
Movement
Inscription present: One under each other
Accession number: M/P.61 & A-1913
Primary reference Number: 207191
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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