Pair-case watch with quarter repeating mechanism
Object type: Pair-case repeating watch
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: British, London
Artist: George Graham|William Sherwood Sr.
Artist bio: British, 1673–1751|British, ca. 1672–1740
Artist role: Maker|Maker
Artist nationality: British|British
Date: 1719–20
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
Credit line: Gift of Captain Newton H. White Jr. U.S.N., 1952
Accession year: 1952