Gold watch made for Queen Amelie of France by Henri Motel
- Made:
- circa 1840 in Paris
- maker:
- Henri Jean-Francois Motel
This image is released under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Licence
This image is released under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Licence
This image is released under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Licence
This image is released under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Licence
Gold watch made for Queen Amelie of France by Henri Motel
The Clockmakers' Museum/Clarissa Bruce
© The Clockmakers’ Charity
Gold watch made for Queen Amelie of France by Henri Motel
The Clockmakers' Museum/Clarissa Bruce
© The Clockmakers’ Charity
Gold watch made for Queen Amelie of France by Henri Motel
The Clockmakers' Museum/Clarissa Bruce
© The Clockmakers’ Charity
Gold watch made for Queen Amelie of France by Henri Motel
The Clockmakers' Museum/Clarissa Bruce
© The Clockmakers’ Charity
Gold engine-turned case. White enamel dial signed ‘hri Motel hges de la Marine Rle No. 48’ with subsidiary seconds. Steel hands. Mahogany deck box with silver plate inscribed ‘Don de la Reine Amelie H H’. Cuvette engraved with equation-of-time table. Pivoted detent escapement. Four-arm compensation balance, conical balance spring without terminal curve. Jewelled to centre. Paris, c.1840
Clockmakers' Museum No. 1135
Details
- Category:
- Clockmakers
- Collection:
- The Worshipful Company of Clockmakers
- Object Number:
- L2015-4040
- Materials:
- gold (metal), brass (copper, zinc alloy), steel (metal), enamel, glass, mahogany (wood), baize and silver
- Measurements:
-
watch: 73 mm x 64 mm x 21 mm,
box: 52 mm x 94 mm x 52 mm,
- type:
- watch
- credit:
- Lent by the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers
