Gold pair-cased watch with gold champleve dial, by Daniel Quare
- maker:
- Daniel Quare
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Science Museum Group / The Clockmakers' Museum
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Science Museum Group / The Clockmakers' Museum
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Plain gold pair case, probably of a later date to the movement (c.1728) with case maker's stamp IR. Gold champlevé dial with aperture for dial winding. Blued steel hour hand and minute hand shaped to avoid protruding squares through dial. Verge escapement movement. Balance cock with solid engraved foot and diamond endstone. Signed on movement ‘Daniel Quare London 3720’.
Clockmakers Museum No. 126
Sir David Salomons owned an extensive collection of watches, including many notable pieces by the French horologist Abraham Louis Breguet. He presented a total of 8 watches from his collection, including this one, to the museum of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers in 1924. Clockmakers' Museum No. 126
Details
- Category:
- Clockmakers
- Collection:
- The Worshipful Company of Clockmakers
- Object Number:
- L2015-3180
- Materials:
- gold (metal), brass (copper, zinc alloy), steel (metal), diamond and glass
- Measurements:
-
watch: 54 mm x 47 mm x 30 mm,
outer case: 54 mm x 55 mm x 24 mm,
- type:
- watch and verge movement
- credit:
- Lent by the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers
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