Pair cased watch by Thomas Tompion
- maker:
- Thomas Tompion
Pair cased watch by Thomas Tompion, London, 1670–1680. The outer case is covered in shagreen, the inner case is made of gilt metal. The white enamel dial, which is possibly a replacement, has large minute figures. Steel 'beetle' hour and minute hands. The movement has a verge escapement and a train of 4 wheels and is signed ‘Tho Tompion, London’. As the movement is un-numbered it is likely to have been made before 1780.
Clockmakers' Museum No. 47
Details
- Category:
- Clockmakers
- Collection:
- The Worshipful Company of Clockmakers
- Object Number:
- L2015-3121
- Materials:
- brass (copper, zinc alloy), steel (metal), glass, enamel and shagreen
- Measurements:
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overall: 57 mm x 48 mm x 30 mm,
- type:
- watch and verge movement
- credit:
- Lent by the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers