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Collection Item: Verge Watch
Basic info
- Collection
- Social History
- Object name
- Verge watch
- Object category
- Working life
- Object subcategory
- Distribution, hotels, catering, retail and repairs
- Creators
- East, Edward (Watchmaker)
- Description
- Three wheel fusee and gut pre-balance spring verge in a single swing-out gold case, champleve enamelled.
- Production date start
- 1640
- Production date end
- 1659
- Period
- Stuart
- Charles I and Civil War
- Commonwealth
Identification
- Object number
- YORCM : WC5
- Alternative number
- YORYM : YM728
- Number of objects
- 1
- Classification code
- 4.8792
- 4.484
- 3.42
- Classification scheme
- SHIC
- SHIC
- SHIC
- ID
- 45003208
Physical Characteristics
- Materials
- Gold (Case)
- Brass (Movement)
- Enamel (Decoration)
- Dimensions
- Dial diameter 3.0 cm
Production
- Creators
- East, Edward (Watchmaker)
- Location
- London
- Technique
- Enamelled