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The Encyclopedia of Horology

Pocket watch · Genève

Round enamelled watch, Dial signed: Phe Terrot, Movement signed: Phe Terrot N° 14138

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The case-back is decorated with a painted enamel medallion of a woman and her child in the style of portraits by Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun. The two bezels are set with half-pearls.

Technical facts

Inventory number
MIH I-100
Object type
Pocket watch
Place of production
Genève
Dating
third quarter of the 18th c.
Materials and techniques (catalogue wording)
or, laiton, émail, perles
Dimensions (catalogue)
dimensions min/max: 51 x 60 mm; Diamètre: 55 mm. Epaisseur: 23 mm.
Inscriptions (catalogue)
Phe Terrot (Cadran); Phe Terrot N° 14138 (Mouvement); N° 14138 (Pendant)

Historical significance

  • The case-back is decorated with a painted enamel medallion of a woman and her child in the style of portraits by Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun. The two bezels are set with half-pearls.
  • The white enamel dial has black, vertically painted Roman numerals. The arrow-shaped hour and minute hands are gold.
  • The movement has a verge escapement, a fusee with chain, and a balance with a regulating balance spring.

Photographs

Round enamelled watch, Dial signed: Phe Terrot, Movement signed: Phe Terrot N° 14138 (MIH I-100)
Round enamelled watch, Dial signed: Phe Terrot, Movement signed: Phe Terrot N° 14138 (MIH I-100) — Musée international d'horlogerie, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Museum collection photograph, rights review pending. MIH collection record
Round enamelled watch, Dial signed: Phe Terrot, Movement signed: Phe Terrot N° 14138 (MIH I-100)
Round enamelled watch, Dial signed: Phe Terrot, Movement signed: Phe Terrot N° 14138 (MIH I-100) — Musée international d'horlogerie, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Museum collection photograph, rights review pending. MIH collection record
Round enamelled watch, Dial signed: Phe Terrot, Movement signed: Phe Terrot N° 14138 (MIH I-100)
Round enamelled watch, Dial signed: Phe Terrot, Movement signed: Phe Terrot N° 14138 (MIH I-100) — Musée international d'horlogerie, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Museum collection photograph, rights review pending. MIH collection record

Photographs are illustrative examples of the type, not necessarily the exact object described. Verify details against the source file page.

Sources & references

  1. Musée international d'horlogerie, online collection record, inv. I-100: https://collection.mih.ch/fr/collection/item/37103/

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