Pair-case watch with quarter repeating mechanism

Medium

Outer and inner cases: gold; Dial: champlevé gold; Movement: gilded brass and partly blued steel

Dimensions

Diameter (watch and case .62a, b): 2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm); Length (key .62c): 1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm); Length (key .62d): 1 in. (2.5 cm)

Classification

Horology

Culture

British, London

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Captain Newton H. White Jr. U.S.N., 1952

Accession Number

52.62a–d