Alarm watch movement with French verge escapement

Made:: 1749 in Beaucourt and France

maker:: Frederic Japy

Alarm watch movement with French verge escapement, by Japy

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Alarm watch movement with French verge escapement, by Japy, with wire gong, Frederic Japy, Beaucourt, France, 1749-1813, donated by Evan Roberts in 1916

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Category:: Time Measurement

Object Number:: 1916-280

type:: instrument component and pocket watch

credit:: Mr. Evan Roberts

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Alarm watch movement with French verge escapement

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