Watch

Movement by James Vautrollier

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James Vautrollier was one of sixteen craftsmen who in 1622 petitioned King James I for a charter to form a company of clockmakers in
London. The decorative border around the edge of the back plate of the movement is typical of English watches of the earlier part of
the seventeenth century. Other features typical of the period are the pinning of the decorative cock for the balance to a tenon projecting
from the plate, and the steel ratchet and click device that is used to regulate the mainspring. The case is engraved with a scene of the
Adoration of the Magi.

Watch, Movement by James Vautrollier (recorded working 1622–41; Clockmakers' Company 1632), Case: silver, partly gilded, and gilded brass; Movement: gilded brass and steel, partly blued, British, London

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Watch, Movement by James Vautrollier (recorded working 1622–41; Clockmakers' Company 1632), Case: silver, partly gilded, and gilded brass; Movement: gilded brass and steel, partly blued, British, London
Watch, Movement by James Vautrollier (recorded working 1622–41; Clockmakers' Company 1632), Case: silver, partly gilded, and gilded brass; Movement: gilded brass and steel, partly blued, British, London
Watch, Movement by James Vautrollier (recorded working 1622–41; Clockmakers' Company 1632), Case: silver, partly gilded, and gilded brass; Movement: gilded brass and steel, partly blued, British, London
Watch, Movement by James Vautrollier (recorded working 1622–41; Clockmakers' Company 1632), Case: silver, partly gilded, and gilded brass; Movement: gilded brass and steel, partly blued, British, London

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