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Watch

Watchmaker: Robert Grinkin British
ca. 1640–50
Not on view
The plain silver dial and blued-steel hand of this watch display their maker’s fine sense of design. The clearly engraved chapter ring registers hours and quarters, probably approaching the limits of precision in a watch of this type. The glass cover may have been made to emphasize these features, perhaps at the same time when the present pendant and finial were added.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Watch
  • Maker: Watchmaker: Robert Grinkin (British, born after 1605, Clockmakers' Comapny 1632, died 1661)
  • Date: ca. 1640–50
  • Culture: British, London
  • Medium: Case: silver; Movement: gilded brass and steel, partly blued
  • Dimensions: Overall: 1 1/2 × 1 1/4 in. (3.8 × 3.2 cm)
  • Classification: Horology
  • Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
  • Object Number: 17.190.1482
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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