Gold watch with tourbillon by Girard Perregaux
- Made:
- 1879 in Switzerland
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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 tourbillon by Girard Perregaux, Switzerland, 1879. Gold hunter case engraved all over with flowers and foliage, and with English hallmark dated 1879 and stamped 51701 and 14961. Signed on the cuvette 'Cronometro, Tourbillon, Girard Perregaux, Chaux de Fonds'. White enamel dial with subsidiary seconds and signed 'Girard Perregaux, Chaux de Fonds'. Gold hands. Jewelled movement with pivoted detent escapement and tourbillon, and signed on the central bridge 'Girard Perregaux, Chaux de Fonds'. Originally part of the collection of the Reverand Henry Nelthropp and later donated to the museum of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers. Clockmakers' Museum Number 452
Details
- Category:
- Clockmakers
- Collection:
- The Worshipful Company of Clockmakers
- Object Number:
- L2015-3363
- Materials:
- gold (metal), steel (metal), brass (copper, zinc alloy) and enamel
- type:
- watch and pivoted detent escapement
- credit:
- Lent by the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers
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