Oval silver-gilt verge watch by Auguier
- Made:
- 1625 in Nogent-le-Roi
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Oval watch in a silver-gilt case with an engraved silver edge, by Auguier, Nogent-le-Roi, France. The gilded dial is engraved and has an applied silver hour ring with a steel hand. The movement has a train of three wheels, verge escapement and ratchet-wheel set up with a pierced cover. The balance cock has an oval shaped table and is pinned on. Signed ‘Auguier A Nogent le Roi’. France, c.1625
Presented to the museum of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers by Charles Thistleton, 1830.
Clockmakers' Museum No. 9
Details
- Category:
- Clockmakers
- Collection:
- The Worshipful Company of Clockmakers
- Object Number:
- L2015-3088
- Measurements:
-
overall: 70 mm x 36 mm x 24 mm,
- type:
- watch and verge movement
- credit:
- Lent by the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers
