Watch movement by Estienne Hubert
- Made:
- 1650
Watch movement by Estienne Hubert, Rouen, France c.1650. Movement only with no dial or hands. Verge escapement, pinned on balance cock with long oval foot, and worm and wheel set-up regulator, and train of three wheels. Signed 'Estienne Hubert A Rouen'. Presented by G. Atkins, to the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers in 1818. Clockmakers' Museum No. 33
Hubert was almost certainly a relation of Robert Hubert, the watchmaker from Rouen accused of maliciously starting the Great Fire of London and hanged.
Details
- Category:
- Clockmakers
- Collection:
- The Worshipful Company of Clockmakers
- Object Number:
- L2015-3109
- Materials:
- brass (copper, zinc alloy) and steel (metal)
- Measurements:
-
overall: 52.5 mm x 49 mm x 19 mm,
- type:
- verge watch movement
- credit:
- Lent by the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers