Accession No

0921

Brief Description

fob watch, by Robert Innes, English, 19th Century

Origin

England; London

Maker

Innes, Robert

Class

mechanical horology

Earliest Date

1800

Latest Date

1900

Inscription Date

Material

metal (brass, steel, two other types of white metal); ceramic

Dimensions

diameter 40mm; thickness 19mm

Special Collection

Robert Whipple collection

Provenance

Inscription

‘Robt. Innes
9164 London’ (mechanism)

Description Notes

Brass and steel mechanism with winding for main spring and fusée. Scale on mainspring winding system divided 1 - 6, numbered by 1, subdivided to 0.2. Highly decorated cover to mechanism. Ceramic face with Roman numerals for hours and Arabic for minutes. Blued steel hands.

Incomplete.

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