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    • Setting:
      Room XVIII
    • Maker:
      Humphrey Downing
    • Place:
      London
    • Date:
      mid-17th cent.
    • Materials:
      silver
    • Dimensions:
      diameter 46 mm; thickness (with glass) c. 22 mm
    • Inventory:
      3844
    • Watch (Inv. 3844)

Watch with round silver onion case. The silver dial displays Roman hour numerals with a single hand of burnished steel. The movement has a gut fusee and a verge escapement. The balance lacks a regulator. Signed "Humphrey Downing Londini Fecit."