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Pair-case quarter-repeating watch by John Champion
The Metropolitan Museum of ArtPublic domain

Pair-case quarter-repeating watch

John Champion · ca. 1770–72

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Artist

John Champion

Date

ca. 1770–72

Medium

Outer case: glass and gold set with diamonds, pearls, emeralds, and rubies; Inner case: gold; Dial: white enamel with black painted Chinese characters and blued steel hands; Movement: gilded brass and partly blued steel

Dimensions

Overall (outer case, confirmed): 1 13/16 × 1 13/16 × 7/8 in. (4.6 × 4.6 × 2.2 cm); Overall (watch, with bail, confirmed): 2 3/8 × 1 9/16 × 7/8 in. (6.1 × 3.9 × 2.3 cm); Diameter (back plate): 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm)

Classification

Horology

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917

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