Watch

Watchmaker: Nicolas Forfaict French

ca. 1605

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Provenance

Title: Watch
Maker: Watchmaker: Nicolas Forfaict (French, Paris, ca. 1580–1615)
Date: ca. 1605
Culture: French, Paris
Medium: Gilt metal, silver
Dimensions: watch case: 2 7/8 × 1 7/8 in. (7.3 × 4.8 cm); back plate: 1 5/8 × 1 3/8 in. (4.1 × 3.5 cm)
Classification: Horology
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Object Number: 17.190.1606
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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