Seven almost identical unfinished watch movements
- Made:
- 1670
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Seven unfinished watch movements, representing unique evidence of quantity production in the 17th century. They are complete and almost identical, although individual parts are not interchangeable. Found in the chest of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers (object number L2015-3615) in 1814.
Clockmakers' Museum No. 42
Details
- Category:
- Clockmakers
- Collection:
- The Worshipful Company of Clockmakers
- Object Number:
- L2015-3117
- Materials:
- brass (copper, zinc alloy) and steel (metal)
- type:
- verge watch movements
- credit:
- Lent by the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers
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