IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 207288 accession number: PW.19-1923 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Wednesday 9 December 2015 updated: Wednesday 14 March 2018 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Verge watch with gold consular case set with pearls. MOVEMENT: Full plate movement not signed. Balance bridge pierced and engraved, polished steel end piece with round red end stone, with '14' scratched on the underside of the foot. Brass balance. Large silver regulation dial with 'AVANCE' and 'RETARD'. Fusee and barrel holes ringed. Turned fusee iron post. Adjustable potance. Counter-potance with polished steel end piece and adjusting screw. Polished steel, truncated cone, case bolt in slot in plate, nib through edge. Pillar plate ith four turned pillars, third wheel bar, under dial stamped '707' and scratched '14'. Fusee and chain, set-up click under dial, one lip on barrel. Verge escapement. Train planted anti-clockwise. DIAL: Gold, outer ring, minute ring with minute strokes and dots every 5 min., radial Roman chapters and inner ring all raised and polished. Matt chapter background and engine turned centre of dial. HANDS: 'Breguet' style blued steel. CASE: Gold with bezel and back having an outer circle of pearls, centre of back engine turned. Inside back stamped '50' and scratched '1+/-/-.' Spherical pendant stamped '27707' and '50' on front, ring bow with unidentified stamps. title: watch NOTES ----- type: history note value: Unknown before S.G. Perceval (1838-1922) LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: Spencer George Perceval Collection creditline: Spencer George Perceval Bequest, 1922 STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/207288 CATEGORIES ------ category: watches DATING ------ creation date: 1800 - 1800 creation date earliest: 1800 creation date latest: 1800 culture: 19th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown