Title: Pair-case automaton watch
Object type: Pair-case automaton watch
Date: ca. 1770
Artist:  James Cox 
Artist bio: British, ca. 1723–1800
Artist nationality: British
Artist role: Entrepreneur
Medium: Outer case: gold, partly enameled and set with gemstones and paste jewels; Inner case: gold; Dial: white enamel, with frame set with paste jewels; Movement: with diamond endstone
Dimensions: Overall (with bail, confirmed): 2 1/2 × 1 3/4 × 15/16 in. (6.4 × 4.4 × 2.3 cm);
Overall (outer case, confirmed): 3/4 × 2 1/16 × 2 1/16 in. (1.9 × 5.2 × 5.2 cm)
Classification: Horology
Credit line: Gift of Audrey Love, in memory of C. Ruxton Love Jr., 1977
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Peacocks