CARCAIN | AN EARLY OVAL GILT-METAL VERGE WATCH WITH LATER ROCK CRYSTAL-SET COVERS CIRCA 1630

CARCAIN

AN EARLY OVAL GILT-METAL VERGE WATCH WITH LATER ROCK CRYSTAL-SET COVERS
CIRCA 1630

• Movement: gilded full plate movement with verge escapement, ratchet set-up with later wheel, later replaced decoratively pierced and engraved balance cock and long foot, flat steel balance, gut fusee, signed Carcain
• Dial: gilded brass, Roman chapter ring with half hour divisions, hand lacking
• Case: band decoratively engraved flora, fauna and fantastical beasts, later rock crystal covers of floral form, plain pendant

length including pendant and terminal 65mm

Condition Report:
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Provenance:
L.A. Mayer Memorial Institute, Jerusalem inventory no. WA 115-04