Watch

Jacques Goullons

ca. 1645–48 · Case and dial of enameled gold; hand of steel; movement of brass, partly gilded, and steel · Robert Lehman Collection

The decoration of this elaborately jeweled pocket watch includes a depiction of the young Louis XIV on horseback and a miniature with the arms of France and Navarre and the Orders of Saint Michael and the Holy Spirit. It was presumably made for the young king, and is one of the most important surviving watches of its period.

Artist

Jacques Goullons

Date

ca. 1645–48

Medium

Case and dial of enameled gold; hand of steel; movement of brass, partly gilded, and steel

Department

Robert Lehman Collection

Credit line

Robert Lehman Collection, 1975