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This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 517
Tompion, who was the first to number his watches, began to do so about 1682. The numbers referred to entries in his business ledgers and allowed him to keep track of the various components of a given watch. Unfortunately, none of his ledgers survives.
Signature: Tompion, Lond. (on movement); Tompion (on dial)Marking: Outercase: [1] 712 (on rim); [2] 721 (inside); Innercase: [1] + over N (D) (punched inside, probably for Nathanial Delander); Movement: [1] Tompion London/20 (engraved on backplate); [2] + over 220 (punched on pillar plate); [3] 20 (inside of chapter ring); [4] 720 (dial plate, movement side); [5] (7)20 (dial plate, dial side); [6] 720 (scratched, underside of cock)
Frederick George Hilton Price
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