Daniel Quare silver clock-watch

Historical significance

• The Metropolitan Museum of Art catalogues this silver clock-watch under Daniel Quare and dates it approximately to 1690. Its accession number is 17.190.1496a, b.
• The reviewed front photograph shows Roman hour numerals, a concentric dial arrangement and decorated silver surfaces. It is a view of this object, not a diagram of a universal Quare movement.
• The catalogue title places the object in the clock-watch category. Do not infer its exact striking sequence, repetition system or escapement from that title or from a photograph of its face alone.
• Comparison should separate a maker's broader biography from the evidence for this particular watch. Museum attribution and dating provide a starting point; a claim of originality for every component requires more detailed examination.
• The published diameter is 5.4 cm. This is the museum's dimension, not a measurement taken from the web image. Current operation and exhibition availability have not been checked.

Sources & references

1. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/194088
2. https://collectionapi.metmuseum.org/public/collection/v1/objects/194088

Where sources disagree, the disagreement is stated rather than resolved silently.