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Watch
    • Setting:
      Room XVIII
    • Maker:
      Christopher Williamson
    • Place:
      London
    • Date:
      1838
    • Materials:
      gold, silver
    • Dimensions:
      diameter 53 mm
    • Inventory:
      3861
    • Watch (Inv. 3861)

Watch signed by Christopher Williamson. The gold case has an engraved back and coat-of-arms at the center with the motto "Vincit Veritas" ["Truth Wins"]. The silver dial has a bas-relief engraving of a flower basket and the seconds in the lower section. There is a movement of the full-plate type and a detent escapement. The balance has a flat spiral. The repeater for the hours, quarter-hours and eighths-of-an-hour has a sliding control.