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Watch
    • Setting:
      Room XVIII
    • Maker:
      Henry Harper
    • Place:
      London
    • Date:
      ca. 1685
    • Materials:
      silver
    • Dimensions:
      diameter 46 mm; thickness (with glass) c. 30 mm; outer-case diameter 53 mm
    • Inventory:
      3845
    • Watch (Inv. 3845)
    • Watch (Inv. 3845)

Single-hand watch made by Henry Harper. Round-shaped with silver inner and outer cases. The date pointer is attached to a rotating gilt ring. The folding movement has a chain fusee and a verge escapement. An early example of clock with spiral-spring balance.