Silver watch by Charles Gretton

Made:
1690 in London
Silver and leather pair-cased verge watch by Charles Gretton Silver and leather pair-cased verge watch by Charles Gretton Silver and leather pair-cased verge watch by Charles Gretton Silver and leather pair-cased verge watch by Charles Gretton

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Silver and leather pair-cased verge watch by Charles Gretton
The Clockmakers' Museum/Clarissa Bruce
© The Clockmakers’ Charity

Silver and leather pair-cased verge watch by Charles Gretton
The Worshipful Company of Clockmakers/Clarissa Bruce
© The Clockmakers’ Charity

Silver and leather pair-cased verge watch by Charles Gretton
The Clockmakers' Museum/Clarissa Bruce
© The Clockmakers’ Charity

Silver and leather pair-cased verge watch by Charles Gretton
The Clockmakers' Museum/Clarissa Bruce
© The Clockmakers’ Charity

Pair cased watch by Charles Gretton, London, c.1690. Outer case of leather studded with silver, inner case pierced and engraved silver. Silver dial with a steel hand and a central alarm disk with steel pointer. Fusee movement with verge escapement and a small balance wheel with balance spring of two turns. Presented to the museum of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers by Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy in 1818.

Gretton became Master of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers in 1700.

Clockmakers' Museum No. 68

Details

Category:
Clockmakers
Collection:
The Worshipful Company of Clockmakers
Object Number:
L2015-3139
Materials:
silver (alloy), leather, brass (copper, zinc alloy), steel (metal) and glass
Measurements:
watch: 57 mm x 50 mm x 26.5 mm,
outer case: 57 mm x 58 mm x 24 mm,
type:
watch and verge movement
credit:
Lent by the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers