Watch

Watchmaker: Firm of Vacheron and Constantin Swiss

Partnership of Jacques Barthélémi Vacheron Swiss

and François Constantin Swiss

1844

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Title: Watch
Maker: Watchmaker: Firm of Vacheron and Constantin (Swiss, 1755–present)
Maker: Partnership of Jacques Barthélémi Vacheron (Swiss, 1787–1864)
Artist: and François Constantin (Swiss, 1788–1854)
Date: 1844
Culture: Swiss, Geneva
Medium: Gold, enamel, steel
Dimensions: Diameter: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)
Classification: Horology
Credit Line: Anonymous Gift, in memory of Lady May Fletcher-Moulton, 1926
Object Number: 26.267.88
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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