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Science Museum Group / The Clockmakers' Museum
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London
Science Museum Group / The Clockmakers' Museum
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London
Gold watch with minute repeating, by Abraham-Louis Breguet, Paris, France 1784-5. Plain gold case marked for the year 1784 inside the back cover, and with a small enamelled letter 'y' on the outside. White enamel dial signed 'Breguet'. Gold beetle hands, possibly added later. Movement with cylinder escapement and minute repeater, of a type similar to that used by the English watchmaker John Arnold. The movement is shrouded by a dust cap, which can only be removed after the movement has been taken out of the case. Signed on the dust cap ‘Breguet A Paris No 128’.
This is an early example of Abraham-Louis Breguet’s work. Presented to the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers in 1870 by Francis B. Adams. Clockmakers' Museum No. 348
Details
- Category:
- Clockmakers
- Collection:
- The Worshipful Company of Clockmakers
- Object Number:
- L2015-3293
- Materials:
- gold (metal), brass (copper, zinc alloy), steel (metal), enamel, silver (metal) and glass
- Measurements:
-
overall: 59 mm x 49.5 mm x 21 mm,
- type:
- watch and cylinder movement
- credit:
- Lent by the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers
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