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WATCH
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Title:
WATCH
Caption:
Watch. Culture: Swiss, Geneva. Dimensions: Diameter (case): 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm); Diameter (back plate): 1 5/16 in. (3.3 cm). Maker: Watchmaker: Jean Rousseau (Swiss, 1606-1684). Date: ca. 1650-60.
Constantijn Huygens wrote to his brother, the brilliant mathematician Christiaan Huygens, from Geneva on January 5, 1650, that he had just bought a watch "á la mode" with a case of rock crystal that permitted a view of the movement such as one would see if the case were made of ice. Indeed, Geneva was well-known for its rock crystal watchcases made from a local source of the mineral. The movement of this watch has a verge escapement, and it is probably the product of the younger Jean Rousseau, a son of a master clockmaker in Geneva and the great-grandfather of the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
Technique/material:
Case: rock crystal mounted in gilded brass; Dial: silver and black enamel with gilded-brass hand; Movement: gilded brass and partly blued steel
Museum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Maker:
Watchmaker: Jean Rousseau (Swiss, 1606-1684)
Credit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Releases:
Model: No - Property: No
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Image size:
3852 x 4200 px | 46.3 MB
Print size:
32.6 x 35.6 cm | 12.8 x 14.0 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
BRASS • CASE: ROCK CRYSTAL MOUNTED IN GILDED BRASS; DIAL: SILVER AND BLACK ENAMEL WITH GILDED-BRASS HAND; MOVEMENT: GILDED BRASS AND PARTLY BLUED STEEL • CASES • COPPER ALLOY • CRYSTAL • DIALS • ENAMEL • EUROPE • EUROPEAN SCULPTURE AND DECORATIVE ARTS • GENEVA • GILT • HOROLOGY • IRON ALLOY • IRON AND IRON ALLOY • IRON AND STEEL • IRON_AND_STEEL • METAL • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • MOVEMENTS • SILVER • STEEL INDUSTRY • STEEL • SWITZERLAND • TIMEPIECES • WATCHES • WATCHMAKER: JEAN ROUSSEAU (SWISS, 1606-1684)
