
Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement
- maker:
- William Kipling





Pair-cased pocket watch in pinchbeck and leather outer casing with verge escapement, made by Will Kipling, London, 1705-1737. Movement inscribed 'Will Kipling no.483'. The movement consists of silver pillars (jewelled endstone removed).
A pair-cased pocket watch consists of inner and outer cases to both protect the movement from dust and damage and as an aesthetically-pleasing attribute. This pocket watch with a verge escapement was made by Will Kipling, a watchmaker working in London in the early-eighteenth century.
Details
- Category:
- Time Measurement
- Object Number:
- 1916-125
- type:
- pocket watch
- taxonomy:
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- furnishing and equipment
- measuring device - instrument
- timepiece
- watch
- credit:
- Mr. Evan Roberts