Guilloché enamel watch displaying solar and sidereal time, by George Margetts
- maker:
- George Margetts
Large watch displaying both mean solar and sidereal time, in a guilloché enamel case by George Margetts, London, c.1790. Also with a mahogony travel case with ivory escutcheon and aperture on lid to reveal the watch dial underneath. Inside the case is a square green silk cushion. Watch with engraved gilt-metal case, the back of which is engine-turned and covered in translucent blue enamel. An ivy leaf wreath, a ring of stars and a central pattern are in gold in the enamel. The white enamel dial is signed 'Geo. Margetts London', and has three subsidiary dials, each with a domed white enamel centre. The outer rings of each subsidiary dial indicate mean time, whilst the domed centres indicate sidereal time; top left displays the hours; top right displays minutes; and bottom centre displays seconds. Engraved full plate movement with cylinder escapement. The engraved balance cock has a regulator dial and a diamond endstone. Signed on the movement 'Geo. Margetts London 1098'.
Presented to the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers by Charles Frodsham & Co. in 1875. Clockmakers' Museum No. 593.
Details
- Category:
- Clockmakers
- Collection:
- The Worshipful Company of Clockmakers
- Object Number:
- L2015-3474
- Materials:
- gold (metal), brass (copper, zinc alloy), steel (metal), enamel, diamond, glass, mahogany, silk and ivory
- Measurements:
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watch: 118 mm x 94 mm x 38 mm,
travel case: 60 mm x 115 mm x 140 mm,
- type:
- watch and cylinder movement
- credit:
- Lent by the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers