Verge watch with inner and outer cases

Made:
1697-1724 in London
maker:
Charles Cabrier
Verge watch in pinchbeck inner case Verge watch in pinchbeck inner case Verge watch in pinchbeck inner case
Verge watch in pinchbeck inner case Verge watch in pinchbeck inner case Verge watch in pinchbeck inner case

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Verge watch in pinchbeck inner case
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Verge watch in pinchbeck inner case
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Verge watch in pinchbeck inner case
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Verge watch in pinchbeck inner case, moss agate painted tortoiseshell outer case, by Chas. Cabrier, gift from Evan Roberts, London, no.17346, 1697-1724

Details

Category:
Time Measurement
Object Number:
1916-105
Materials:
silk, pinchbeck, moss agate and tortoiseshell
Measurements:
overall: 25 mm x 53 mm x 60 mm,
type:
pocket watch
credit:
Mr. Evan Roberts

Parts

Mechnism for verge watch by Charles Cabrier, gift from Evan Roberts, London, no.17346, 1697-1724

Mechanism for verge watch made by Charles Cabrier, 1697-1724

Mechnism for verge watch by Charles Cabrier, gift from Evan Roberts, London, no.17346, 1697-1724

Measurements:
overall (closed): 39 mm x 43 mm x 55 mm,
Materials:
metal (unknown) and pinchbeck
Object Number:
1916-105/1
type:
pocket watch mechanism
Moss agate painted tortoiseshell outer case for verge watch by Charles Cabrier, gift from Evan Roberts, London, no.17346, 1697-1724

Outer case for verge watch made by Charles Cabrier, 1697-1724

Moss agate painted tortoiseshell outer case for verge watch by Charles Cabrier, gift from Evan Roberts, London, no.17346, 1697-1724

Measurements:
overall (closed): 27 mm x 50 mm x 50 mm,
Materials:
moss agate , tortoiseshell , silk and metal (unknown)
Object Number:
1916-105/2
type:
outer case

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