Maker: Haberl, Johann Paulus
Verge repeating watch in gold consular case.
MOVEMENT: Full plate movement engraved 'Joh. Paul Haberl Augs burg' and with a later number '671' scratched through the gilding. Balance bridge with pierced table, polished steel coquette, and small feet. Brass balance with banking pin projecting from the under side. Large silver regulating dial, scale ends 'A' and 'R', steel hand. Repeating speed regulated against small scale, ends engraved 'G' and 'L'. Fusee top pivot cock, and counter potance, screwed to back of plate, feet engraved. Rectangular fusee iron post. Case bolt on brass edge, through slot in plate. Rectangular potance screwed to plate. Counter-potance with polished steel end plate and adjustment screw. Repeating barrel fixed to back plate and engraved. Pillar plate with four turned pillars with tapered ends. Fusee and chain, wound through dial, set-up ratchet under dial. Verge escapement. Train planted clockwise. Runners, four pinions, penultimate pivot in eccentric regulating plug. Runners planted anti-clockwise.
Made in Switzerland.
BRASS EDGE: Gilt, edge engraved, fixed by two screws through edge.
DIAL: Day of the month indicator. White enamel on copper. Radial Arabic quarter numbers, with light red half-quarter marks between, dotted minute ring, radial Arabic chapters, and an inner radial Arabic date ring 1 to 31. The winding hole is at 4 o'clock. The back of the dial is marked in the counter enamel. '52'.
BELL: Marked '279' in ink on inside
UNDER DIAL WORK: 1/2. 1/4 'broken' rack repeating mechanism, repeating rack with chain over pulley. Polished steel parts. The intermediate calendar wheel has been replaced, calendar click spring soldered to foot.
HANDS: Gold plan calendar, blued steel spade hour and plain minute.
CASE: Gold consular. Engraved bezel, body and edge of back which also has sound holes around edge. Bull's eye glass. Scratched inside bezel 'C1083, B44.' Bell damping slide. Inside of back with 'CFT' and three fleurs-de-lis stamps on the case back
Double chain (A), with three cut seals and a watch key.
History note: Unknown before S.G. Perceval (1838-1922)
Spencer George Perceval Bequest, 1922
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1922) by Perceval, Spencer George
18th Century
Circa
1750
CE
-
1770
Dial
composed of
enamel
copper
Hour Hand, Case
composed of
gold
Movement
composed of
silver
steel
brass (alloy)
Case
Diameter 26.5 mm
Diameter 53 mm
Height 68 mm
Movement (back Plate)
Diameter 38 mm
Movement (pillar Plate)
Diameter 40.75 mm
Movement (brass Edge)
Diameter 45.25 mm
Movement (pillar)
Height 4.5 mm
Minute Hand
Movement, Case
Accession number: PW.13 & A-1923
Primary reference Number: 207282
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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