Watch

Wetherell & Janaway

ca. 1790 · Case: gold, pearls, enamel, silver set with diamonds and opal; Movement: with diamond endstone · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

The design of this watch, with its pearl-encircled, pure white enamel dial and easy-to-read Arabic numerals, is an unusually elegant one for the period. The case, too, is forward looking: it is slimmer than most contemporary watches, although not so thin as to be unable to accommodate a verge escapement.

Artist

Wetherell & Janaway

Date

ca. 1790

Medium

Case: gold, pearls, enamel, silver set with diamonds and opal; Movement: with diamond endstone

Culture

British, London

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Bequest of Laura Frances Hearn, 1917