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The Encyclopedia of Horology

Pocket watch · Le Locle

"Onion" watch movement

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The movement, designed for a dial with a single hand, has four gilded brass Egyptian pillars, a fusee with a small steel chain, and a verge escapement. The gilded brass balance cock is engraved and pierced with symmetrical scrolls, decorated at the top with two perched birds and at the bottom with the heads of two animals. It covers an annular brass balance with three arms that is regulated by a short steel balance spring (two turns).

Technical facts

Inventory number
MIH I-25
Object type
Pocket watch
Place of production
Le Locle
Dating
1710 - 1730
Materials and techniques (catalogue wording)
laiton, acier
Dimensions (catalogue)
dimensions min/max: 41 x 45 mm
Inscriptions (catalogue)
D. JEANRICHARD AU LOCLE (Mouvement)

Historical significance

  • The movement, designed for a dial with a single hand, has four gilded brass Egyptian pillars, a fusee with a small steel chain, and a verge escapement. The gilded brass balance cock is engraved and pierced with symmetrical scrolls, decorated at the top with two perched birds and at the bottom with the heads of two animals. It covers an annular brass balance with three arms that is regulated by a short steel balance spring (two turns).

Photographs

"Onion" watch movement (MIH I-25)
"Onion" watch movement (MIH I-25) — Musée international d'horlogerie, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Museum collection photograph, rights review pending. MIH collection record
"Onion" watch movement (MIH I-25)
"Onion" watch movement (MIH I-25) — 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-25: https://collection.mih.ch/fr/collection/item/39907/

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