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Alarm watch

Watchmaker: Estienne Hubert
probably 1660–70
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 532

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Alarm watch
  • Maker: Watchmaker: Estienne Hubert (ca. 1625–after 1702)
  • Date: probably 1660–70
  • Culture: French, Rouen
  • Medium: Silver
  • Dimensions: Diam. 1-13/16 in. (4.6 cm)
  • Classification: Horology
  • Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
  • Object Number: 17.190.1596
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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