Watch movement by Thomas Tompion with a later case and dial
- maker:
- Thomas Tompion
This image is released under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Licence
Buy this image as a print
BuyLicense this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library
LicenseThis image is released under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Licence
Buy this image as a print
BuyLicense this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library
License
Science Museum Group / The Clockmakers' Museum
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museumum
Science Museum Group / The Clockmakers' Museum
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museumum
Watch movement, with later dial and pair case, by Thomas Tompion, London c.1680. The outer case is covered in tortoiseshell inlaid with silver in a pattern of birds and flowers, the inner case is plain silver. The white enamel dial has steel beetle and poker hands. The movement has a verge escapement, four wheels in its train, and an unusal shaped balance cock. The balance-spring has 4 turns and is therefore probably not the original spring. The movement is signed 'Tho Tompion London' but is not numbered and therefore made prior to about 1680.
Clockmakers' Museum No. 48
Details
- Category:
- Clockmakers
- Collection:
- The Worshipful Company of Clockmakers
- Object Number:
- L2015-3122
- Materials:
- silver (alloy), brass (copper, zinc alloy), gold plated (gilded), enamel, tortoiseshell and steel (metal)
- Measurements:
-
overall: 56 mm x 48 mm x 28 mm,
- type:
- watch and verge movement
- credit:
- Lent by the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers
