Watch

Watchmaker: Robert Grinkin British

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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.

Watch, Watchmaker: Robert Grinkin (British, born after 1605, Clockmakers' Comapny 1632, died 1661), Case: silver; Movement: gilded brass and steel, partly blued, British, London

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Watch, Watchmaker: Robert Grinkin (British, born after 1605, Clockmakers' Comapny 1632, died 1661), Case: silver; Movement: gilded brass and steel, partly blued, British, London
Watch, Watchmaker: Robert Grinkin (British, born after 1605, Clockmakers' Comapny 1632, died 1661), Case: silver; Movement: gilded brass and steel, partly blued, British, London
Watch, Watchmaker: Robert Grinkin (British, born after 1605, Clockmakers' Comapny 1632, died 1661), Case: silver; Movement: gilded brass and steel, partly blued, British, London
Watch, Watchmaker: Robert Grinkin (British, born after 1605, Clockmakers' Comapny 1632, died 1661), Case: silver; Movement: gilded brass and steel, partly blued, British, London

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