Watch

Case maker: Possibly by Hugh Richardson

Case maker: Possibly by Henry Rawlings

ca. 1702

Not on view

Pendulum watches attest to the success of the pendulum clock, although in reality these watches employ the standard balance for controlling the escapement. The movement is inverted in its case so that the balance is directly under the dial, and a bob attached to the balance shows through the crescent-shaped slot in the dial, where its oscillations resemble those of a true pendulum. Lestourgeon, a master clockmaker in Rouen in 1660, moved to London in 1681, no doubt as the result of the increasing intolerance of Protestants in France. He became a member of the London Clockmakers’ Company in 1698.

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Title: Watch
Maker: Watchmaker: David Lestourgeon (Clockmakers' Company 1698, died 1731)
Maker: Case maker: Possibly by Hugh Richardson (recorded 1704) or
Maker: Case maker: Possibly by Henry Rawlings (recorded 1706)
Date: ca. 1702
Culture: British, London
Medium: Outer and inner cases: silver; Dial: champlevé silver
Dimensions: Diameter: 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm)
Classification: Horology
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Object Number: 17.190.1504a, b
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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