Pair-case watch
Object type: Pair-case watch
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: British, London
Artist: Thomas Tompion|Nathanial Delander
Artist bio: British, 1639–1713|British, 1648–ca. 1691
Artist role: Maker|Maker
Artist nationality: British|British
Date: 1682–83
Medium: Outer case: leather with gold studs; inner case and dial: gold with blued-steel hands; movement: gilded brass, partly blued steel, silver
Dimensions: Diameter (outer case): 2 in. (5.1 cm);
Diameter (inner case): 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm);
Diameter (back plate): 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)
Classification: Horology
Credit line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession year: 1917