Artist: Thomas Mudge (Horologist)
Date: 1770
Size: 10 x 8 cm
Museum: Royal Collection (London, United Kingdom)
Technique: Bronze
A gold watch set in a pedestal, white enamel face and blued steel hands, minute hand and black Roman numerals, hinged door, gold case lined in red. Square pedestal with gilt bronze cornice and base, pedestal with tortoishell sides with gold terrestial objects and GR monogram. Because it incorporates the earliest known example of the lever escapement this unique watch had been described as
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